The ANC has sarcastically pointed out that only in SA can a party that wins 62% of the vote be deemed to have lost an election.
The day of reckoning for the leaders of SA’s two biggest political parties is close and whatever happens will be a reflection of their capabilities.
Violence, racism and ill-discipline seem to be the new subjects taught in schools.
If you are expecting President Jacob Zuma to act on the public protector’s findings against General Bheki Cele you might be in for a long wait.
If history is the judge, acting against high-ranking political figures isn’t a good career move.
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/ 23 February 2011
You will know that we are a few weeks away from local government elections when a leaflet drops in your street.
Although the ANC will dictate the priorities, it’s up to us to make the country work writes <b>Rapule Tabane</b>.
Khanyi Mbau, Kenny Kunene and Khulubuse Zuma are unabashed in their display of wealth. Should they be, asks <b>Rapule Tabane</b>.
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/ 10 December 2010
The <i>M&G</i>’s Rapule Tabane says racism is an insult to those who are still suffering because of it and should not be left unchecked.
The US embassy in South Africa decided in 2001 that it would deal with a "prickly, hyper-sensitive, shrill and defensive" president Thabo Mbeki.
Formerly stable Gauteng is the latest province to succumb to the politics of loyalty.
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/ 5 November 2010
Why, if service delivery is the issue, are some ministers still in office?
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/ 5 November 2010
Questionable Cabinet moves show that improved service delivery was the last thing on Zuma’s mind.
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/ 25 October 2010
"In the most significant Media Freedom Week since 1994, the South African media is caught in a moral dilemma," writes <b>Rapule Tabane</b>
Thabo Mbeki has indirectly criticised the Mo Ebrahim Foundation’s decision not to award its governance prize to a deserving African leader.
As first-year politics students in the 1990s, one of the questions we had to interrogate was whether political studies could be considered a science.
The <em>Mail & Guardian</em> spoke to Blade Nzimande, the SACP general secretary, during the ANC conference.
<i>M&G</i> political editor <b>Rapule Tabane</b> predicts who the key players will be at the African National Congress national general council (NGC).
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/ 14 September 2010
If our reportage of political dynamics, which unfold daily, divides the liberation movement, then we have been lied to, argues <b>Rapule Tabane</b>.
Media tribunal aside, our vibrant landscape of opinions keeps politicians on their toes, says <b>Rapule Tabane</b>.
His critics will ask: which hat did he wear during the bitter public spat between the nationalists in the ANC and the alliance partners?
The celebration of Nelson Mandela and what he stands for is invariably marred by individuals and organisations that promote their own interests.
On the day when we mark an event that ultimately contributed to us hosting the World Cup, we were too busy worrying about Bafana Bafana.
<b>Rapule Tabane </b> on how to defeat Afro-pessimism.
Living normally in an abnormal society, most Israelis see no reason to change the status quo.
With powerful factions preparing for battle, his reluctance to act decisively is making his position precarious.
Cosatu has expressed outrage that the death of Terre’Blanche has received so much attention while the treatment of farm workers is largely ignored.
Journalists have no business taking a stance against the subjects they cover. Our work is to be the eyes and ears of the public, argues Rapule Tabane.
Matuma Letsoalo and Rapule Tabane visited Julius Malema at his Sandton home this week to quiz him about his riches and his war with journalists.
President Jacob Zuma is talking tough these days, not just about succession but about ministerial performance as well.
President Jacob Zuma likes his Cape Town offices at Tuinhuys, but not so much that he wants Parliament to stay in the mother city.
Government will take a firm line against white ratepayers who refuse to pay for government services they consider below par.