Paul Mashatile’s committee already has enough disputes between coalition partners to keep it busy every week for the next five years
South Africa is not drifting away from its non-aligned stance
Strains are evident, but a cabinet ‘clearing house’ will offer the unity government a way of dealing with disputes
The Democratic Alliance must appreciate that there are concessions, defeats and mature ways to advance objectives
South Africa cannot squander the positive sentiment the governing coalition has garnered around the world, the minister said
The Institute for Race Relations, Brenthurst Foundation and Centre for Development Enterprise, the media and liberal intellectuals fracture along economic and international relations lines
No progress has been made on establishing a structure to resolve deadlocks on policy
Unlike the ousted Tshwane mayor, the DA ditched former Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse like Ultra Mel custard on a Skhothane teenager’s Carvela shoes
The pod bros will revive their mission to kill non-racialism and feed it to the pigs
Is there buyer’s remorse on the part of those who voted for the MK party in May?
The Democratic Alliance will not walk out of cabinet over the Bela Bill or National Health Insurance
The president’s office said threats about the future of the government of national unity were ‘disturbing’
John Steenhuisen’s appointment of Roman Cabanac is a bro too far.
Cyril Ramaphosa’s alliance partners are a bigger threat to his government than those who contested 29 May
Cooperation between the new GNU ministers of agriculture and land reform and rural development is vital to the upliftment of the sector
The Johannesburg mayor is about to be ditched
The uMkhonto weSizwe party and the Economic Freedom Fighters used the debate on Cyril Ramaphosa’s opening of parliament address to accuse him of ‘selling out to white’ interests
There was a conciliation among political parties at the cabinet lekgotla on policies that have seen them at loggerheads
The Democratic Alliance will lead five portfolio committees but the bulk have remained under the leadership of the ANC
The negotiations around the formation of the government of national unity showed that South Africans can work together, despite differences
So who will win the fight to control the aircon in next week’s cabinet lekgotla?
The president appointed opposition newcomers where they can be most effective but did not rid cabinet of compromised members of his party
Ministers and deputy ministers from nine parties took their oath of office after weeks of fraught coalition talks
The DA leader’s assumption of the post comes soon after the release of a survey showing a slump in agricultural business confidence but the sector is on a generally favourable footing
The DA leader said the unity government would pave the way for his party and the ANC to start delivering for South Africans
Key security cluster ministries are dominated by the president’s allies in the ANC
The president has made plain his impatience to lock down a deal and name his new executive
The Democratic Alliance has yet to say whether it will accept the president’s offer of six cabinet portfolios.
Negotiations have involved who will get what, and how many portfolios, in the new cabinet
The ANC economic transformation head also said the opposition did not understand the ‘basics’ of the process to appoint directors general
The opposition party has rejected the ANC’s offer of six ministerial positions in the government of national unity
The Democratic Alliance says the president must stick to the letter of the coalition pact and divide cabinet posts among parties in line with the number of seats in parliament