Dropping democracy for aspirant autocrats who will put everything in order with a big stick might not be all it’s cracked up to be
As a recent court case in Nelson Mandela Bay shows, the city management appointment process should be purely administrative and stripped of politics
Norman Chisale, the former Malawian president’s security chief, is struggling to account for his enormous wealth.
The ANC has used its power to create networks of patronage. And this means going after corruption will cost the party financially
This can be done by making the project’s 30% of the budget for local broad-based black economic empowerment a separate budget to break the feedback loop that greases the wheels of patronage.
As well as its scathing findings on Mkhwebane’s investigation into Ramaphosa, the high court also made important in-principle pronouncements
We should look to the Philippines, where barangays, or neighbourhood governments, help to empower communities
The level of outrage at wrongdoing should be weighted by harm done to the vulnerable. Instead, the Ombud seems more sensitive to harmed privilege
President Jacob Zuma is part of a faction which embraces patronage politics writes Steven Friedman
Indemnifying Zuma from prosecution is unlikely to pass legal muster, experts say.
Parastatals are not primarily seen as development drivers or even as providers of services answerable to citizens, but as a source of patronage.
Those who make a private donation to the ANC should not expect anything in return, newly-elected treasurer general Zweli Mkhize has said.