‘Cue the now all-too-familiar pattern of patronage — houses, overseas trips, spa treatments’
In South Africa — which we see as ‘our land’ — we too are watching the borderisation of the state
‘The Ramaphoria train has its own problems. Its rural vote is declining rapidly, threatening its hard-won gains in KwaZulu-Natal’
‘The Fifa World Cup is an extravagant symbol of so much that is wrong with this world. But let’s not kid ourselves: we are going to watch it anyway’
‘The department of education’s plan to make history compulsory for every learner throughout their schooling career is to be applauded’
‘When Shivambu attacked Momoniat, he invited scrutiny of not just his own knowledge of the way Parliament works but also of the EFF’s ideologies’
Mnangagwa will not, on his own, be a salve to Zimbabwe’s problems
‘In many ways, rugby can be seen as symbolic of the pitfalls bedevilling the best-intentioned attempts at nation-building’
‘We’re good at the annual hand-wringing about government’s wasteful ways. But what is not quantified is the number of people who are being failed’
‘Cash-in-transit heists seem to be a South African speciality. They are now happening at an average of one a day, according to some accounts’