In 1997, the warning bells were ringing that South Africa faced a dark future because Eskom would run out of capacity to supply a growing populace and an expanding economy
The Mail & Guardian has done a six-part podcast series on the story of the ANC after Polokwane conference of 2007
Our former presidents, like former spouses, tend to be a bitter bunch
The former president, like Lazarus, is back
Zweli Mkhize, Jacob Zuma inspired to contest for ANC leadership points to a party stuck in a vortex of bad governance and stale ideas
The Zondo commission found evidence to suggest that Transnet was the primary site of state capture in financial terms.
The Economic Freedom Fighters are said to have made an attempt to convince Herman Mashaba to consider an ANC alliance in Gauteng
The former president and the ‘RET’ faction will not bring the changes South Africa sorely needs
During his tenure as president he enabled state capture and the building of the prison industrial complex
The ex-president will be imprisoned for contempt of court, like a local Al Capone. Whether the NPA pursues state capture charges remains to be seen