The Great Negotiator, has his work cut out for him
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…
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Leadership vacuum is costing us dearly
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less…
Why would we trust Busisiwe Mkhwebane?
Why would we trust her when she has now inserted herself into a controversial debate about the role and function of the South African…
South Africa’s parliamentary oversight finally comes into view
When Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown and the Eskom board appeared before South Africa’s Parliament last week, the country saw what proper parliamentary oversight…
Politicians don’t do shame very well
In every government, there are those who prize the trappings of a ministerial position above their own integrity, who are intoxicated by power and…
Citizens must unite to save corruption-crippled SA
Parliament has become a site of factional ANC struggles, with Speaker Baleka Mbete presiding over the House in a compromised manner, due to her…
Zuma and his cronies live in alien nation
The out-of-touch ANC leadership faces a repeat of the local government election shock in 2019. Many ANC leaders appear to live in a parallel…
Fiddling while Rome burns
If anyone is struggling to find the President, he is on a state visit to Kenya while the streets are burning with student protests…
Elections probably won’t be fair, but they will be vibrant
Just as the ANC was prepared to spend millions of taxpayers’ rands to destroy the credibility of the Public Protector in defence of its…
Zuma’s exit is just a matter of time
The ANC is shortsighted if it thinks it can paper over the cracks from the ConCourt judgment. A week is a long time in…
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