There is a truth in politics: this crisis will pass, and people will be distracted by the next one. Just survive this moment, and you will escape accountability
What chance do we have of tackling the deeper psychological and societal problems that drive violence against women if we cannot even do the basics?
The SIU revealed that it is investigating 658 companies that may have profited unfairly from the Covid-19 crisis. Together those companies raked in over R5-billion — money that could have been better spent plugging some of the many leaks that have imperilled South Africa’s democracy.
Viwe Dalingozi’s story, like many others, is painful to read and write about. But in court it simply drags on like any other case. As we have written so many times, this cannot be the status quo.
Transparency and accountability have lost currency in the treasury, and we are all the poorer for it.
The ANC either does not understand the best interests of those it was elected to serve — or it knows and doesn’t care
Covid-19 has exposed how widespread corruption tore the heart out of our institutions, from parastatals to hospitals and infrastructure projects.
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Nasrec promises about accountability need to be effected by the ANC, but the party seems incapable of self-policing
Despite the destructive system created by politicians and corporations, we can show the power of community and humanity
We will probably hear premiers, a minister or even the president saying they “condemn in the strongest terms” what is happening in municipalities