Youth Day, June 16, reminds us of the role of youth in the struggle against oppression throughout the history of the ANC
The Constitutional Court said it welcomed robust debate but criticised the populist rhetoric in the battle between Busisiwe Mkhwebane and Minister Pravin Gordhan
Opposition parties and ANC ‘factions’ will attempt to use the crisis to their advantage
With coalition politics on the rise, particularly in local government, this kind of court case is likely to become more common
Independent media is under threat as authorities harass and threaten journalists
The DA has won a high court victory, but the ANC is taking its campaign for power to the Constitutional Court. All the while, residents are left leaderless and without services
Court declares that the Gauteng premier’s decision to place the metro under administration was unlawful and sets it aside — after the Covid-19 lockdown ends
The president and political parties put their differences aside as South Africa tackles what has been described as one of its biggest post-apartheid challenges yet
The process of appointing the public protector is flawed, and led by politicians who don’t seem to have paid attention to the law. This has to change
As well as its scathing findings on Mkhwebane’s investigation into Ramaphosa, the high court also made important in-principle pronouncements
The Public Protector was derided by the Pretoria High Court for refusing to consider facts logically and for a material error of law
The Democratic Alliance is likely to lose Tshwane when residents vote again
The party’s vision for Eskom seems to be one designed to benefit vested interests rather than the greater good
The Nodal Review might transform South Africa’s biggest city. Implementing the new policy, which has the potential to open wealthy suburbs to impoverished residents, is the challenge
With 7.9-million young South Africans out of work or with very little education or training opportunities, who looks out for their aspirations?
From his adventures with Steve Biko to his support for shack dwellers in KwaZulu-Natal, Bishop Emeritus Rubin Phillip has always walked the talk of radical Christianity
The Trespass and Riotous Assemblies Acts can criminalise innocent people
While the ANC in Parliament found itself defending the presence of FW de Klerk at the State of the Nation address last week, the government was also — in court this time — defending an apartheid-era law
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Some political analysts say President Cyril Ramaphosa is taking too long to mend the country, others says it is the ANC itself that must be fixed
Apartheid’s last president walks back comments that definition was a Soviet plot
A four-year wait to retrieve three bodies trapped in a container underground could be over if a buyer for the mine is found
Ramaphosa and his role model Nelson Mandela became presidents of South Africa in very trying times
The official opposition says the president’s state of the nation speech will not detail anything new or productive. Meanwhile, the EFF is threatening more disruption
Although leaders of the reconciliation era accept South Africa’s last white president, younger politicians are not as forgiving
The president is facing challenges at every turn, among them the economy, the state of SOEs and factionalism within the ANC. Only if Ramaphosa and his party work together will they be able to turn their declining fortunes around
The ANC in the Western Cape has agreed, in principle, to discuss a move to call for the increase in the number of seats for elected public representatives. Following an interim provincial leadership committee meeting last weekend, the party said it is willing to discuss the matter, and raise it with the party’s national leadership. […]
The case between the president and Busisiwe Mkhwebane has also drawn in the national director of public prosecutions and the Financial Intelligence Centre
The SACP is not building socialism, or even social democracy. Sadly, it has become just another party advancing the politics of patronage
The Johannesburg high court says the EFF had brought no evidence to back up the allegation
LONG READ As the world was overtaken by upheaval last year, one photo emerging from the uprisings depicts a protestor bearing a promise: “Neoliberalism was born in Chile and will die in Chile.” Spilling over into the new year, the revolts in Chile, Lebanon, Iraq, Sudan, Hong Kong, Algeria, Uganda, France and elsewhere have led […]
The ambush will take place at an NEC meeting about Eskom. But the real target is Cyril Ramaphosa
To improve the South African economy, we need to institute practical measures to effect change