Mandy Rossouw thinks that, despite all his sterling work in the past, Pieter Dirk-Uys should retire and enjoy the spoils of apartheid.
Niren Tolsi spoke to IFP president Mangosuthu Buthelezi about how he views his chances in the coming poll.
Saki Macozoma chronicles his journey out of the ANC into the Congress of the People. Mandy Rossouw reports
The ANC’s final candidate list confirms the end of the Thabo Mbeki era, with several former ministers and party officials snubbed.
”Some people believe that the ANC built us houses. I say it’s not the ANC, it’s our government”
After its traumatic birth the new political party needs care desperately. Many in the party are aware of this problem and are trying to correct it.
It is simply not good enough for Ngconde Balfour to bluster that he has applied his mind, and show us all his familiar middle finger.
South Africa is becoming a banana republic under the ”new clique” in the ANC, United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa said on Tuesday.
The Mail & Guardian quizzes Bishop Mvume Dandala about his move from religion to politics.
The ANC Youth League’s spokesperson tells Qudsiya Karrim why she’s up to the task.
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/ 27 February 2009
Lekota’s government history and ‘autocratic’ style cost him the nomination, write Mandy Rossouw and Mmanaledi Mataboge.
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/ 25 February 2009
Ferial Haffajee: Possibly one of the finest public documents yet published, the 2025 Scenarios paint three states of our nation in 16 years.
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/ 24 February 2009
At the <i>Mail & Guardian</i>’s critical thinking forum in Cape Town two weeks ago, the president’s state of the nation address scored mixed reviews.
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/ 24 February 2009
Rapule Tabane puts tough questions to Cope deputy president Mbhazima Shilowa.
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/ 24 February 2009
Wiith Mbeki’s persona no longer clouding the issue, Zuma will still have to answer the question: How much consultation is enough consultation?
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/ 23 February 2009
A significant portion of municipal employees owe their jobs to political deployment.
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/ 22 February 2009
As ANC MPs clear up their offices this week, ending their five-year term in Parliament, many fear what the future holds.
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/ 21 February 2009
On a hot Saturday afternoon in Thabong, Welkom, ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe was approached by a visibly disgruntled 85-year-old woman.
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/ 20 February 2009
The Congress of the People (Cope) on Friday confirmed Bishop Mvume Dandala as its selection for presidential candidate.
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/ 20 February 2009
President Kgalema Motlanthe speaks to Ebrahim Harvey on the recent media splurges about his personal life, the Carl Niehaus affair and more.
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/ 20 February 2009
The M&G has been vindicated in its findings about a multibillion-rand Eskom tender involving former minister Valli Moosa, reports Sam Sole.
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/ 20 February 2009
MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews <i>Triomf</i> and adaptation from a novel of the same name by Marlene van Niekerk.
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/ 20 February 2009
What really matters about the Niehaus story is the chaos within the ANC and the deep structural pathology of its political culture.
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/ 20 February 2009
Matuma Letsoalo interviewed Fikile Mbalula, head of campaigns for the ANC and a former leader of the ANC Youth League.
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/ 15 February 2009
Mpumalanga could have its first woman premier since 1994 if a lobby group within the provincial ANC has its way.
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/ 14 February 2009
Expelled councillors say they do not recognise their expulsions and will continue to do their work for the municipality.
Instead of spouting more platitudes, perhaps Kgalema Motlanthe could spit it straight in his State of the Nation address.
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/ 10 February 2009
Director General in the Presidency Frank Chikane will not take up a position in the Congress of the People (Cope), he said on Tuesday.
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/ 10 February 2009
Ignoring the axe over her head, Cope’s youth leader builds her ‘brand’.
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/ 10 February 2009
Does Jacob Zuma’s polygamous lifestyle reflect the fundamental values of our Constitution?
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/ 10 February 2009
The denouement of the ‘second transition’ is greatly anticipated, but it may contain elements of brutal ruthlessness.
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/ 8 February 2009
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) expects to meet its registration goal of 22-million voters by Sunday, the final day of registration.