What would Sol Plaatje and others have done today?
The diary of Sol T Plaatje, written between 1899 and 1900, makes for fascinating reading. It is the only account by a black person of…
“radical economic transformation”
The ANC Policy Conference. A lot of Heat. No Light
The ANC policy conference was a lot less policy and a lot more “politics”. It generated a lot of heat. But no light. It…
How can the ANC defend a leader so venal?
In the past week, hundreds of leaked e-mails have provided further details of the alleged levels of state capture and how the so-called “shadow…
African leaders are masters at ‘post-truth’ politics
“Post-truth” politics may have recently trended, but since independence from colonialism African leaders have been the most adroit exponents of manipulating the truth, distorting…
Ramaphosa may again be the ‘nearly man’ of SA politics
These are difficult days for our country and as the axing of Pravin Gordhan and Mcebisi Jonas has shown, in President Jacob Zuma’s cabinet…
Balancing Budgets and Cabinet appointments
Nobody would want to be in Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s shoes on Wednesday, having to deliver a Budget in a highly stressed environment, while…
The ANC is adrift, and the country with it
Maybe the ANC already does know that it’s in trouble. Mantashe, who somehow manages to annoy a little less than some of his other…