Vukani Mde
Vukani Mde is a founder and partner at LEFTHOOK, a Johannesburg-based research and strategy consultancy
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Cosatu — the largest and until recently the most important labour federation in the country — is facing an existential crisis.
The Democratic Alliance has long premised its prospects for growth and its view of the future on coalition politics. This is not surprising and,...
I sat down with two Cabinet ministers this week and, over lunch, enjoyed some interesting speculation about the ANC’s prospects in 2019.
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to listen to Tito Mboweni give his views on matters of economic policy to members of the Eli Weinberg branch...
The 1932 presidential election was the most important in the 132 years since the United State had become an independent republic. Decades of...
ANALYSIS
Early on Monday morning, I went to run a short errand in my old township of New Brighton in Port Elizabeth. I finished quickly and decided to drive...
The true art of politics is to extract the maximum benefit out of imperfect bargains. The successful politician takes even the most minimally...
The ANC has had 13 presidents since its founding as the South African National Natives Congress back in 1912. A big part of the lore of the ANC...
POLITICS
The process to remove President Jacob Zuma will be neither simple nor quick, nor should it be. South Africans have become so accustomed to the...