Call me a grumpy white male, but we are harping on about decolonisation while new elites feast on the state and gobble power.
The industry provided an incredible chance to create new jobs but the political will failed.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe is not happy with former ANC leaders who "lambast the governments and parties they were once proud to serve".
Ramaphosa should be mandated now to fix South Africa’s tax loopholes for big corporations.
Former president Thabo Mbeki says education was the centre of African development after colonialism, but that has changed.
Proponents of privatisation are missing a point: what’s crucial, whether in state or private enterprises, is efficiency.
US justice authorities’ deadly earnest suggests that sooner or later they will train a spotlight on our administrators and politicians.
Given the faction-ridden nature of South African politics and the deep divisions in the ANC a further turn of the wheel is quite conceivable.
Former president Thabo Mbeki has rejected Willie Hofmeyr’s allegations that his administration abused its power to plot Jacob Zuma’s downfall.
The deputy prosecutions chief points an accusing finger at Thabo Mbeki. But his version may have more clout at Luthuli House than in court.
Willie Hofmeyr’s stated motive to defend the NPA has failed, as political meddling has only become worse after Mbeki.
The president doesn’t derive his power from executive decree; his decisions can be reviewed by the courts.
Former president Thabo Mbeki may have backtracked on his Sona comments, but SA needs more credible leaders to lead the charge, says Verashni Pillay.
The Guardian reported Mbeki believed Zuma was wrong to not answer the EFF’s question about Nkandla, but his office says it was a misinterpretation.
Friends and family have paid tribute to former police commissioner Jackie Selebi with some taking a swipe at those who ‘preyed on his legacy’.
The private, no-fee university has been deregistered by the education authorities after falling into the red to the tune of some R30m.
Thabo Mbeki presents a distorted picture of what the presidency’s defence against publishing the Khampepe report actually was – and why it failed.
Former president Thabo Mbeki responds to an M&G Khampepe editorial that said he "connived in the subversion of democracy in a neighbouring state".
Thabo Mbeki is a hypocrite who preached democracy even as he was subverting it, a seething Morgan Tsvangirai told the Mail & Guardian this week.
Evidence given at the inquiry by government’s head of acquisitions during the arms deal might contain at least one controversy previously introduced.
From knowing corruption is a "Western paradigm" to abhorring dogs and gay people: welcome to Jacob Zuma’s idea of what it means to be an African.
There were differences between SA and the US’s administrations on various matters, but these never led to bad relations, writes Thabo Mbeki.
Six years ago South Africa’s president was ousted by his enemies in the ANC. Ex-editor Ray Hartley looks back.
Inspired by the legacies of US and African leaders, the library is intended to give context to issues that characterised the former president’s term.
The presidency abandoned previous plans to rely on the fact that the Khampepe report was "missing", in its efforts to prevent the report’s release.
Zimbabwe has thanked President Jacob Zuma and his predecessors for the role they played in resolving Zimbabwe’s decade-long political crisis.
The public outcry about the arms deal is not just rumour and allegation. Here are seven inconvenient facts for those who say, "Where is the evidence?"
Former president Thabo Mbeki has denied any knowledge of an investigation by the US into the purchasing of fighter jets for SA during the arms deal.
Former state president says he merely presided over the processes and endorses his ministers’ evidence.
The commission’s questions will be limited to his role in implementing the policy groundwork to buy arms, and his opinion on its affordability.
The arms deal commission is due to announce soon when Thabo Mbeki, president at the time the contracts were signed, will testify.
Giving evidence at the Seriti commission, the former defence minister has dismissed a question relating to the ANC benefiting from the arms deal.