Parastatals are not primarily seen as development drivers or even as providers of services answerable to citizens, but as a source of patronage.
The Khampepe report shows just how easy it is for leaders to reject the rights of citizens. South Africa may well be on the same slippery slope.
If the tripartite parties’ interests have diverged, then the parties should diverge. Rather give the voters a democratic contestation of issues.
Civil society is important to the functioning of our democracy: sometimes the state has to be pushed hard to do its constitutional duty.
The recommendations of the Farlam commission’s evidence leaders are very clear and SAPS would do well to start implementing them right away.
Their personal independence guarantees the institutional independence of the judiciary so it is worrying when judges breach their own code of conduct.
If the police can jump to attention when Senzo Meyiwa gets killed and put its top people on the case, why can’t it do that for other crimes?
The disastrous consequences of President Jacob Zuma’s poor and costly leadership and the ANC’s calamitous policy flops are starting to show.
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown got off on the right foot after her appointment earlier this year.
The AU should be noting the stalling of the redemocratisation process with concern rather than endorsing actions such as seizing a leader.