Coalition politics & chaos: Time for deals to be public? An unprecedented number of hung councils is expected after the 4th of November 2026 polls. With their history of fractured governance which negatively impacts service delivery, more calls are mounting for these deals to be made publicly available. With the Coalitions Bill still far from being promulgated, what measures are in place to hold politicians accountable?

It's been a pivotal week at the Judicial Commission of Inquiry, into Allegations Regarding Efforts or Attempts to Stop the Investigation or Prosecution of TRC Cases Probes. This after former President, Thabo Mbeki testified, denying that he’d blocked any investigations into allegations of possible political interference in probing and prosecuting apartheid-era crimes, which surfaced at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission more than 30-years-ago. Can there still be true justice for South Africa’s Apartheid victims? We ask the hard questions.

The high-stakes legal showdown between the ANC and IEC came to a close earlier on Thursday with a precedent-setting Constitutional Court ruling . The Court overturned the Electoral Court’s September ruling dismissing the ANC’s appeal and upheld its 181 candidate exclusions for failure to click the final submission button on time. For over two decades of South Africa’s democracy, private political funding operated in a legislative vacuum. Citizens voted without knowing who financed political parties, raising serious constitutional concerns. If citizens do not know who funds a party, they cannot make informed political choices. To what extent does money influence electoral outcomes and our constitutional democracy?

Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya appeared for the second time this week at the Randburg Magistrates Court. He’s facing five-charges, including rape, human trafficking, promoting sexual grooming, and the sexual grooming of a child. Several affidavits have been read out in court, revealing some graphic details around the allegations. Plus, As South Africa gears up for the upcoming local government elections in November, a digital battle could threaten the core of the country’s electoral democracy. Fabricated posts, deceptive scams and institutional attacks, are flooding social media platforms, leaving voters to filter fact from fiction. How serious a threat is it to the integrity of South Africa’s democratic processes? We ask the hard questions.

South Africa is less than 2-months away from a highly contested local government election. Thousands of candidates are meant to contest council seats countrywide. However, over 2 000 of them from 45 political parties are already out of the race. The Independent Electoral Commission says they missed the crucial submission deadline, of the 28th of August. Is the IEC working within legal constraints, or insisting on a kind of exclusion, that will deny voters their democratic rights? Plus, Tshwane Metro Police Department officer, Peter “Gagash” Nonyane, and his wife, estate attorney, Charlotte Tibana are accused of defrauding deceased estates accounts. They are facing 43 charges of fraud, theft, and money laundering. They deny the allegations. But how do affected families reclaim their stolen inheritance? We ask the hard questions

Arguments are underway in the Western Cape High Court, where President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken under review the Section 89 Parliamentary report, into the Phala Phala robbery at his farm in 2020. The central question this case will answer, is whether this report truly met the requirements, to become the foundational basis for the president to undergo an impeachment process. For more news, visit sabcnews.com and #SABCNews on all Social Media platforms.

The Bill of Rights ensured women were recognised as equal citizens, guaranteed the right to human dignity, and protected against all forms of violence. Yet, tens of thousands of women are assaulted, raped and killed every year. We ask the hard questions.