It’s not up to us to feel offended when a politician visits the family of a victim of crime. These victims, honoured in their absence by a political bigwig, are in many cases children and their murder a cause for righteous public outrage. In 2017, it was Jacob Zuma who visited the family of three-year-old […]
Acolytes of the ex-president gear up take-back regions in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and North West before the ANC mid-term meeting
How Moe Shaik went from ANC spy to boss of the secret service in the democratic South Africa
Perhaps a commission of inquiry can shine the spotlight on public transport in Durban, where bus and taxi passengers have to contend with fare increases and disrupted services
The vice-chancellor announced he will be heading to SOAS next year
Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity
He’s apologised now, but my week was ruined when I had to delve into his past
Four Sonas on, he is still to enforce his will upon the governing party and the state
His visionary pragmatism and his aim – together with SA’s citizens — is to build a capable state
The challenge to deliver a persuasive speech comes firstly in the context of intense doubts as to whether President Ramaphosa is truly in charge of the ANC
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
The former president’s lawyers say they do not know how where Parliament obtained the information about his attendance
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
Promises of hope and a better tomorrow await South Africa. Yet they continue to come to naught
The Western Cape Judge President has made a counter-complaint against his deputy and responded to her allegation
SANDF officials considered launching a probe into the ‘doctored’ certificate
There is no name yet for Jacob Zuma’s medical condition, but he obviously doubts the NHI can cure it
In the Ramaphosa vs Mkhwebane case, the court has been asked to rein in the public protector
Although Benjamin Fogel denies the relevance of the South African Communist Party — and gets a few facts wrong — some of his points are correct
The high court wants more details about the nature of the illness preventing the former president from appearing on corruption charges
Both countries have a strong orientation towards multilateralism and democratic values
The SACP is not building socialism, or even social democracy. Sadly, it has become just another party advancing the politics of patronage
But the new complaint against the Western Cape judge president is also unprecedented
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 […]
Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath accuses Hlophe of attempting to influence her to allocate the case to judges he perceived as ‘favourably disposed’ to former president Jacob Zuma
The ambush will take place at an NEC meeting about Eskom. But the real target is Cyril Ramaphosa
The Public Protector has still not received confirmation from former president Jacob Zuma that she may access his tax records — despite a tweet from Zuma’s twitter account in November. Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and the commissioner of the South African Revenue Service (Sars), Edward Kieswetter, are in a court battle after Kieswetter refused to […]
To improve the South African economy, we need to institute practical measures to effect change
Combatting corruption has been at the heart of many of their campaigns. The question is: can they succeed?
Geoff Makhubo is clearly not only tarnished, but also divisive, which raises serious questions about why the ANC leadership wants him to run the city
In her answering affidavit, the public protector says the Sars commissioner should withdraw or adjust his court case against her
In his application for leave to appeal, Zuma argued that an appeal court could find the prosecution had dirty hands so the trial should not proceed