Speaking in code is not the same as being obfuscatory.
Demagoguery thrives on bullshit. It is harder to be a populist if you value truth.
Speaking exclusively to the Mail & Guardian, the Economic Freedom Fighters leader reveals why he believes the president wants a third term.
The main target of a Cabinet reshuffle would be Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, according to political analyst Ralph Mathekga.
The women’s league is behaving oddly and the main candidates are silent on many other issues.
Our work is to find and uncover the real story, the real facts that are often elided in the various simple narratives produced for political ends.
The move would bolster Dlamini-Zuma’s profile and chances of replacing Zuma as ANC president.
The ANC is not bound by tradition to elect its deputy as leader, President Jacob Zuma said in an interview broadcast on Sunday.
When the apartheid state was dissolved, the expectation was that robust policy would ensure that black South Africans would be adequately empowered.
The deputy president’s pivot on Zuma and corruption is laudable. But why now?
The parliamentary standing committee says his objection has no sound basis and is refusing to back down.
Concerns have been raised that Zuma may be trying to play the family card to avoid possible prosecution after his term is up.
The ANC president reiterated a statement he has made several times before – that the party will rule until Jesus comes.
This comes after ruling party national spokesperson Zizi Kodwa called the move premature, divisive and defiant of the ANC’s NEC.
The ANC secretary general says Cosatu and the ANCWL are “spoiling the water in the ANC” by publicly stating who they back as the next party president,
The past year was undoubtedly the year of the meme, with people using social media and specifically memes to express their frustration with politics.
The president delivered his speech at the celebrations held on Sunday.
Zuma continues to call for unity but 2017 is expected to be one of the most divisive years for an ANC that is already riddled with factionalism.
The road to a "unified" ANC is not a straight one.
The president urged the ruling party’s supporters to flock to Orlando Stadium this coming Sunday for its 105th anniversary celebration.
Stakes are even higher in the courts this year as a number of important cases are due to be heard.
What will come to pass, we look into the glass — in bad, bad rhyme
Fearing a showdown, several groups in the party want compromise presidential candidates
Cases about the rights of the vulnerable are overshadowed by his legal-political games.
President Jacob Zuma has stepped in to the foreign policy row over Tshwane mayor Solly Msimanga’s visit to Taiwan.
The president also has to face the ANC’s integrity commission and court corruption rulings.
The year of multiple crises and crazy politics was just too much for seasoned political reporters
The year of multiple crises and crazy politics was just too much for seasoned political reporters.
South Africa’s economic challenges of 2016 are largely a reflection of its inability to change in the light of global shocks.
Another year of brawls, slogans, insults and old politics which dominated Parliament.
One faction argues that Jacob Zuma must quit and the other is intent on electing a successor who will cover for him.
The watershed political events of a year ago formed the impetus for the private sector to speak its mind.