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Friday Briefing takes a look at the phenomenon of populist politicians and whether their "promises" attract voters.    EDITORIAL The populists are in town With 29 May fast approaching, politicians smelling the ANC's blood in the water are using whatever tools they can to appeal to voters. In some cases, this means pulling out well-worn tropes, which create the impression that they have the voters' interests at heart, but are actually just manipulative phrases to win back power. The 2024 election sees the ANC entering on the back foot. The governing party goes into these elections with a track record of a poorly performing economy, growing unemployment, decaying institutions, increasing crime and ongoing corruption hanging around its neck. Politicians, desperate to step into the gap, resort to tired ideologies, policies that have no place in a...

A fish shortage in the Western Cape has left local fishermen high and dry. View Online Adriaan's top 10 reads of the day ADRIAAN BASSON, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Deputy President Paul Mashatile has been given seven days to account to Parliament's ethics committee  regarding corruption allegations against him. Mashatile was in the National Assembly on Thursday, answering questions on the government's efforts to clamp down on corruption.  The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party will have to scrap Jacob Zuma's name from its candidate list after the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) told the party that the former president cannot contest for a seat in Parliament. The MK Party has previously threatened violence if Zuma was barred from contesting the elections.  Many Western Cape...