Mashupye Herbert Maserumule

Is the new Cabinet fit for purpose – is it better equipped to do what needs to be done?

​Maiden speeches are tricky. They only come once. The one delivered by the newly-elected president of the ANC required extraordinary ingenuity.

Are calls for unity in the ANC an attempt to prevent Cyril Ramaphosa from cleaning out the stables if he wins the presidency?

The ruling party appears to have lost claim to being a leader of society. This is clear from the outcome of its policy conference.

Zuma has invoked the meaning of a rule set by the apartheid context he ferociously fought against, to justify his executive action in a democracy.

Was the social grants fiasco orchestrated to undermine the judiciary and the Constitution and hide sheer incompetence on the part of government?

The local government elections made 2016 a defining year in the history of the country’s electoral politics, writes Mashupye Herbert Maserumule.

For Africa to be for Africans, pan-Africanism should be a lived experience, not an ideological project for political rhetoric.

There are important points to reflect on when considering the implications of former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s report on Zuma’s fate.

South Africa is in a tryst with tumultuous times as coalitions take shape to unlock hung municipalities following the 2016 local government elections.

African academics are steeped in European knowledge systems. There is a galaxy of African scholarship they can draw from – if they’re brave enough.