
Rebuilding trust is Ramaphosa’s next struggle
On the steps of Cape Town City Hall on 11 February to celebrate the 28th anniversary of the release of Nelson Mandela from prison…
On the steps of Cape Town City Hall on 11 February to celebrate the 28th anniversary of the release of Nelson Mandela from prison…
It turns out there are clouds on the horizon in the ‘new dawn’ announced by President Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address….
Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s unpopular president, has finally been removed. Yet the terms of his departure were deeply problematic. In what was a painfully tortuous process,…
Once Jacob Zuma finally steps down, Cyril Ramaphosa will inherit a deeply divided African National Congress (ANC) which many supporters have abandoned, a public…
There are formidable risks preventing ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa and his allies from outrightly firing South African President Jacob Zuma. It is forcing him…
In every single African country, young people make up the majority of the population – and they are generally very ill-served by their ageing…
This video features an interview with Democracy Works Executive Chairperson, William Gumede, Mac Maharaj – the former presidential spokesman for Jacob Zuma and Nomboniso Gasa –…
‘Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come’ Whispering ‘it will be happier…’ Tennyson One cannot help but be drawn by these…
After its watershed 54th national conference weighed down by corruption, scandals and government failure, the ANC, for all practical purposes, faces the post-conference future almost…
Somewhere there is a photograph of Cyril Ramaphosa and Roelf Meyer taking a break during the constitutional negotiations, seemingly relaxed sans neck-ties. The picture belies the…