
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…
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…
The ANC policy conference was a lot less policy and a lot more “politics”. It generated a lot of heat. But no light. It…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…