Book review: The secret pilgrims
A spy and a philosophy professor shed light on South Africa's transition to democracy.
Cope: 'Messing up what looked like a good thing'
Cope will find it almost impossible to convince voters to consider the party at next year's local government elections.
Blair's 'moment of courage' should still inspire Zille
Helen Zille, like the nincompoop ANC Youth League leader, should keep her eye firmly on 2019, argues Richard Calland.
Courts are a last resort and have no place in wage battles
Legal process is supposed to be a last resort in labour relations, with alternative dispute resolutions processes such as mediation and arbitration favoured.
DA takeover of Cape council a political power grab, says ANC
The ANC has called the move a deliberate attempt to extend the DA's political power in the province.
Disciplinary action looms after SACP-Malema spat
ANCYL leader Julius Malema and the SACP's Jeremy Cronin face disciplinary steps after a public spat, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says.
Mulder wins face-off with party
The Freedom Front Plus was divided over its leader's appointment to executive, writes Mandy Rossouw.
Let communities choose
The evidence of dysfunctionality at local government level is the service delivery protests emerging everywhere -- almost in a coordinated fashion.
'We want the mines'
Nationalising the mines is just the first step for the ANC Youth League. Matuma Letsoalo spoke to league secretary general, Vuyiswa Tulelo.
ANC to decide on its own objectives, says alliance
The ANC will continue to determine, within its own structures, how best to advance its strategic objectives, the tripartite alliance has resolved.
DA and Cope go on first date
The DA said it would give Cope until June next year to show its commitment to a possible coalition.
Debating race isn't backward
It's been pretty clear over the past few weeks that SA's Rainbow Nation is still paying the price for papering over its differences and cracks.
SABC board choices 'political'
Opposition parties say nominations for the new SABC board are like a 'kick in the face' and are clearly political.
Trevor and the 'vision thing'
Richard Calland's open letter to the minister in the presidency: national planning, Trevor Manuel.
A shove to the right
Not so long ago the ANC leadership saw it as a duty to enact that law, however unpopular it might have been, but that seems to have changed.
Thicker than blood
Jacob Zuma's visit to Angola did much to warm relations between the two countries, but some things were left unsaid.
SA opposition eyes ambitious alliance plans
SA opposition parties have started talks on an alliance aimed at challenging the ANC in local polls in 2011, but they face an uphill struggle.
Cope dissidents won't disband
The struggles have divided the party into two camps, one supporting interim president Mosiuoa Lekota, the other his deputy, Mbhazima Shilowa.
2012 race hots up
Mbalula's call for Zuma to serve a second term as ANC president is the first by a senior national executive committee member.
