Six months before the 2026 local government elections, the DA seems to have stolen a march on opposing parties in the Johannesburg race as its mayoral hopeful, Helen Zille, sets the agenda with a ...

Political parties in Johannesburg have criticised the DA for nominating Helen Zille as the mayoral candidate, saying this move demonstrated disregard for democratic values, transformation and equity.

Helen Zille has gone viral again after rafting through a flooded Soweto street in a bid to highlight ongoing infrastructure and drainage issues in Johannesburg as part of her mayoral campaign.

The DA has filed court papers against Joburg Water and the City of Johannesburg as residents face worsening water outages, ...

Weeks after vowing to seek reelection at the Democratic Alliance’s elective conference in April, John Steenhuisen has reversed course. Speaking on Wednesday morning in his Durban North home ward, ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa returned from the BRICS meeting in Brazil to face multiple crises: new US tariffs, a police minister under fire, and another challenge to the Budget. When President Cyril ...

Disputes over textbook acquisition, empowerment policy and departmental reform expose tensions between the ANC and DA inside South Africa’s coalition government.

Helen Zille, leader of South Africa's Democratic Alliance and candidate for mayor of Johannesburg is next year's local elections. (Phill Magakoe/AFP/Getty Images) On paper, Helen Zille, who is running ...

Love her or loathe her, it is hard to deny that Helen Zille is one of the most remarkable politicians South Africa’s democracy has yet seen. Remarkable because she has served in so many high-profile ...