The governing party should have realised that a message of fear is far more profitable and successful than one of hope
We — the people of South Africa — have the chance to write the agenda for the future
Young people are a critical demographic in South Africa, but their influence on national politics in the past two decades has been limited
The party is mired in controversy, but it has delivered basic services to millions of people
And we the people believe democracy, through voting, will deliver a messianic figure to rescue us
In an announcement this past weekend, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his ‘slate’ ahead of the Elective Conference. Reactions were mixed.
People must choose: solve problems through democratic dialogue or intolerant violence, writes Vishwas Satgar.
French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s writings from 1755 could have well been written today, about South Africa.
An ANC renaissance hinges on the power struggle between President Jacob Zuma and the Pravin Gordhan-Gwede Mantashe-led faction of the ANC.
The year was one of disastrous and shameful decisions, but our democracy still functions.
The public works minister says a bleak future awaits the ruling party if their student arm, Sasco, continues to lose support to the DA and EFF.
After decades of smarmy evasions, it is breathtaking sophistry that Parliament refers to the Promotion of Access to Information Act for transparency.
Julius Malema could have proved his critics wrong but didn’t. Verashni Pillay lists five mistakes that have created such disgruntlement in the party.
Mlibo Qobosiyane calls on MPLs and MPs to use their positions to support his efforts to protect the livelihoods of those who work on the tea estates.
A political war of words is brewing in the former Transkei, in the Eastern Cape, over a cup of tea – or the lack thereof.
The EFF is a product of the ruling party’s struggle to balance capitalist interests with ideology.
A spy and a philosophy professor shed light on South Africa’s transition to democracy.
Cope will find it almost impossible to convince voters to consider the party at next year’s local government elections.
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/ 28 September 2010
Helen Zille, like the nincompoop ANC Youth League leader, should keep her eye firmly on 2019, argues <b>Richard Calland</b>.
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/ 3 September 2010
Legal process is supposed to be a last resort in labour relations, with alternative dispute resolutions processes such as mediation and arbitration favoured.
The ANC has called the move a deliberate attempt to extend the DA’s political power in the province.
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/ 15 December 2009
ANCYL leader Julius Malema and the SACP’s Jeremy Cronin face disciplinary steps after a public spat, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says.
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/ 6 November 2009
The Freedom Front Plus was divided over its leader’s appointment to executive, writes Mandy Rossouw.
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/ 30 October 2009
The evidence of dysfunctionality at local government level is the service delivery protests emerging everywhere — almost in a coordinated fashion.
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/ 30 October 2009
Nationalising the mines is just the first step for the ANC Youth League. Matuma Letsoalo spoke to league secretary general, Vuyiswa Tulelo.
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/ 13 October 2009
The ANC will continue to determine, within its own structures, how best to advance its strategic objectives, the tripartite alliance has resolved.
The DA said it would give Cope until June next year to show its commitment to a possible coalition.
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/ 22 September 2009
It’s been pretty clear over the past few weeks that SA’s Rainbow Nation is still paying the price for papering over its differences and cracks.
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/ 21 September 2009
Richard Calland’s open letter to the minister in the presidency: national planning, Trevor Manuel.
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/ 11 September 2009
Not so long ago the ANC leadership saw it as a duty to enact that law, however unpopular it might have been, but that seems to have changed.
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/ 7 September 2009
Jacob Zuma’s visit to Angola did much to warm relations between the two countries, but some things were left unsaid.
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/ 3 September 2009
SA opposition parties have started talks on an alliance aimed at challenging the ANC in local polls in 2011, but they face an uphill struggle.