A new year holds the promise of a fresh start and that is as true for the government and its officials as for anyone else.
On the eve of the Africa Nations Cup, local football fans are thrilled by the prospect of seeing the continent’s finest players at work.
Education Minister Angie Motshekga has asked the country to believe that 73.9% of grade 12s are sufficiently literate and numerate to pass matric.
The Polokwane conference taught us what we thought were the physics of the 21st-century ANC.
The run-up to Mangaung has seen vicious infighting, organisational chaos and accusations of fraud and manipulation at ANC branch level.
Endless stories are recounted by garnishee administration companies about staff members going home empty-handed on payday.
Some of the president’s private arrangements demand public scrutiny, because they pose real risks for him and for crucial areas of governance.
In the little death of democracy that is the finalisation of the secrecy Bill, there is a kernel of hope – an invigorated civil society.
Hysteria and paranoia. That is what leaders of the ANC and the SACP accuse the press of when concerns about threats to freedom of speech are raised.
If you were looking for moral clarity this week, the smoke-dimmed sunlight of the Cape winelands was not the place to find it.