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Tune in to Scrolla’s Easy Elections Podcast with Nickolaus Bauer, your party-by-party guide to South Africa’s most important general election since 1994. Brought to you by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.

Broke Eskom gives its employees a bonus during the worst year of blackouts and offers another cash windfall if they can keep the lights on. The ANC is hell-bent on cutting ties with Israel . Finally, two people were arrested for the Phala Phala farm robbery. Julius Malema has a love-hate relationship with the Springboks . Join Scrollacast host Jeremy Maggs and political editor Zukile Majova. Read...

Forget RDP houses, the City of Joburg is building  shacks  for its poorest residents. Julius Malema wants to  expel the Israeli ambassador . All of a sudden everyone hates  spaza shops . Parliament degenerates into a shebeen during the vote for the new  Public Protector .  ‘Wit kant'  does not mean what Eland’s Tom Curry thought it does. Join Scrollacast host Jeremy Maggs and political editor...

Once again the ANC has embarrassed the country by refusing to condemn brutality, this time in the Israeli-Palestine conflict , calling for a trade boycott. Massive budget cuts in the Western Cape’s public health threaten to collapse major hospitals. KwaZulu-Natal exports its hitmen to Gauteng hostels . Time to be very concerned as the EFF dominates student politics . As Thabo Mbeki lashes the ANC...

As Joburg’s missing mayor popped up for a road’s renaming, the city was still on fire. In the Western Cape, floods have caused havoc , while in KwaZulu-Natal, rogue elements have forged King Misuzulu's signature. Who will get the youth vote ? The Springboks produced a modern test classic against Ireland. Join Scrollacast host Jeremy Maggs and political editor Zukile Majova. Read more every day...

President Ramaphosa flew to Russia and Ukraine but still no word on whether he got grain and fertilizer for Africa. More fires in Joburg – this time in government buildings – as water reservoirs run dry. And what’s wrong with the Springboks ’ jersey? Join Scrollacast host Jeremy Maggs and political editor Zukile Majova. Read more every day on ⁠⁠ Scrolla. Africa ⁠⁠. #RealNewsForMobile

In the aftermath of Johannesburg's horrific fire , Scrolla has been investigating the collapse of the city's infrastructure . And Rugby fans rejoice: ⁠Andy Capostagno⁠ has joined our excellent coverage of the Springboks title defence. Join Scrollacast host Jeremy Maggs and political editor Zukile Majova. Read more every day on ⁠⁠ ⁠Scrolla. Africa⁠ ⁠⁠. #RealNewsForMobile

Over 70 people died in a terrible fire in a hijacked building , while the rudderless city administration dithers and hijackers run the city . Former Mayor Dr Mpho Phalatse quit to return to medical practice, in a big blow for the DA in Gauteng. ANC reject Ace Magashule's ego could not allow him to join any of the existing parties, so he launched his own – apparently to fight corruption. (We’re...

There goes the human rights neighbourhood, as the Brics bloc welcomes new members with dodgy records. Join Scrollacast host Jeremy Maggs and political editor Zukile Majova. Read more every day on ⁠⁠ Scrolla. Africa ⁠⁠. #RealNewsForMobile

As seven parties meet to discuss a future coalition to unseat the ANC, the ANC is working hard to win Zulu King . Still in KwaZulu-Natal, Jacob Zuma spent less than two hours in prison, taking a drive through at Estcourt prison and the IFP’s Mangosuthu Buthelezi back in ICU. Crimes escalates in Gauteng townships despite 6,000 additional police wardens and three months since the Eskom CEO interview...

Burning buses and impounded taxis have caused chaos in the Western Cape. No bail for women abusers has been proposed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, while the ANC Women’s League’s intrigues are a barometer for what’s going on with the main party. As EFF president Julius Malema claims he’s done nothing wrong, how much is your vote worth? Join Scrollacast host Jeremy Maggs and political editor Zukile...

Trucks being set alight on crucial highways again – on the anniversary of the disastrous July 2022 riots – has stoked fears of more violence. Considering 80% of goods in the country move by truck, because of the breakdown of the rail system. As a small-town mayor goes for blue-light joyride in Nongomo, Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s VIP thugs have finally been suspended. Meanwhile, coalition pa...

Did the men charged with protecting the deputy president of the country beat innocent motorists because their police bosses behave with impunity? Was King Misuzulu poisoned? This is the latest episode in a 60-year history of poisoning in the Zulu Royal family. Diepsloot is burning again Over service delivery. More than R600-million given to South Africa by Fifa as part of the 2010 legacy project i...

A family of 10 in Bizana has been waiting 29 years for power . KwaZulu-Natal is once again a ticking time bomb for political violence with so much at stake in by-elections . Former President Thabo Mbeki inserted himself with comments that the coup that wasn’t a coup in Russia was a “sideshow”. The new series Shaka Ilembe has broken SA viewership records with its first episode. Join #Scrollacast ho...

After his clumsy trip to Kyiv – where Russian missiles were launched as African leaders visited the scene of a civilian massacre – President Cyril Ramaphosa was, well, presidential this week. The Danish and Dutch prime ministers' visit to Pretoria gave Ramaphosa a rare chance to shine – in his more favoured role as dealmaker. What we also know was Ramaphosa was fine without his security detail...

While the Tongaat community in KwaZulu-Natal spent months without water, part of the money allocated to fix water pumps damaged in the April 2022 floods was used to buy two giant, Chinese-made statues. Is there light at the end of the Eskom tunnel, as blackouts lessen in this already cold winter? Ace Magashule exits the deck , but is he the joker of SA politics? Join tells #Scrollacast host Jeremy...

Hard-hitting political commentator Justice Malala reminds South Africa what we can still learn from how Nelson Mandela brought us back from the brink after the murder of Chris Hani, the Che Guevarra of SA politics. The Plot to Save South Africa is a must-read about the nine days over Easter 1993 when Mandela “showed leadership at its best” to avert civil war, as Malala tells #Scrollacast’s stand-i...

Over 6,000 people were murdered in South Africa to in the first three months of this year and yet our police minister Bheki Cele is still on the job. The Rand hits a new low as the government grants Russian president Vladimir Putin immunity for the BRICS summit later this year. But at least now we can now look at former president Jacob Zuma’s tax records says the Constitutional Court. Join host Je...

As a killer cholera outbreak breaks out, likely caused by unmaintained infrastructure, the electricity minister is still playing the bridesmaid – unable to do anything without any gazetted powers or authority. Host Jeremy Maggs and political editor Zukile Majova discuss these ongoing crisis’s – as well as how the new Zulu king seems to be striking out on his own. Read more every day on ⁠Scrolla. A...

If there was nothing untoward about the sanctioned Russian ship Lady R, why did it turn off its transponder and only be offloaded in the middle of the night? The diplomatic fallout has once again shown up President Cyril Ramaphosa’s lack of urgency, as the Rand crashed. Meanwhile, the complexities and horse trading in metro politics are reaching new lows. Strap in it's only going to get bumpie...

Johannesburg is changing mayors yet again. And the political musical chairs in the economic capital is now getting even messier, say Jeremy Maggs and political editor Zukile Majova. Meanwhile, after a long land-claims battle, an Eastern Cape holiday resort has been looted – by its new owners. Read more on Scrolla. Africa

There is still no mayor in the City of Johannesburg and residents’ frustration is growing. Why can’t we get coalition politics right, ask Jeremy Maggs and political editor Zukile Majova. There was another murder at Fort Hare University and there are finally arrests over the bus route war in the Eastern Cape. Read more on Scrolla. Africa

Eskom warns stage 6 is on indefinitely and winter is just around the corner. The nation’s anger is palpable and there is increasing tension between the energy minister and the president. Meanwhile, after months of no oversight, the SABC finally has a board of directors. The big broadcasting ship now has some much-needed governance, but will it be exercised judiciously ahead of next year’s election...

While Tshwane councillors quibble over who will be mayor, the city’s economic hub was plunged into darkness, with criminality and sabotage suspected. Meanwhile, the convicted “Facebook rapist” Thabo Bester is back behind bars – along with his celebrity doctor girlfriend – after an audacious escape. Host Jeremy Maggs is joined by Scrolla. Africa political editor Zukile Majova. Read more on Scrolla....

By electing an all-white leadership, the DA might just have saved the ANC from defeat next year. Scrollacast host Jeremy Maggs and political editor Zukile Majova talk politics, and discuss the lethal roads South Africans will have to face this Easter. Read more on Scrolla. Africa