The former president said his peers should refrain from drawing attention to themselves and only give advice when asked
Despite being disillusioned with their ally in government, the SACP and the labour federation are unlikely to leave the tripartite alliance
Assessing the successes and ongoing challenges of the African Union 20 years on
One would have hoped the ANC had made it out of its 2017 trenches – or dug some new ones
uBaba should have the full black, green and gold treatment with all the trimmings for his next court appearance
The Cope president should have bailed long ago and saved himself an embarrassing end
Both factions have issued each other with letters of suspension
The government has had many plans to boost the economy since 1994 but none have achieved their targets
It can neither hold the centre nor lead society. The recent policy conference was bereft of new ideas
With high prices continuing to bear down on consumers the world over, leaders who fail to bring inflation to heel could face a reckoning
From Mbeki to Zuma to Ramaphosa, the facts and fictions of the intelligence networks have shadowed political players and settled power struggles
As J Edgar Hoover did during his long tenure as FBI boss, South Africa’s former spy chief has seemingly amassed potentially damaging information on leading figures in the ANC
The graft, alleged by the head of an investment management firm, is said to implicate Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki
The party’s decision to relook at the deployment process could result in a broadening of the pool of candidates for positions.
When Dondo Mogajane became director general of the national treasury, question marks were raised about his ability to defend the institution. Five years later, it was a war well fought
Lobbyists pushing for vaping as a way to help people quit smoking insist taxing e-cigarettes like traditional smokes will lead down a similar path as denying HIV treatment to state patients
If properly structured, the committee could introduce an era of accountability that is desperately needed in the governing party
There has been a silent nostalgia for Mbeki to return to the country’s mainstream political discourse
NEC members say the renewal commission should start its work now or risk losing 2024 elections
The commission, made up of ANC elders, will be charged with drafting the party’s programme of unity and renewal for the next decade
Politics have come in the way of South Africa upholding its commitment to international criminal justice as the ANC reconsiders its 2016 threat to leave the international criminal court
‘We will engage in a rugged struggle to ensure that all those who are implicated in the State Capture report are brought to book’
Lindiwe Sisulu and other power and prosperity seekers in the ANC had the authority to improve the lives of ‘the people’, but didn’t
The past year exposed the ruling party’s weaknesses, but 2022 is an opportunity for it to make substantive, meaningful changes if it is to remain in power
Incompetence, corruption and cronyism are part of many liberation organisations for complex reasons, but such organisational culture tends to persist into government.
Zandile Mafe took a nap outside parliament. Does that make him a
sleeper agent?
‘The Arch’ never stopped joking as he fought oppression locally and globally, writes Thembisa Fakude.
The 2021 local government elections are a clear demonstration of the failure to manage internal disagreements, where many of the parties, civic movements and independent candidates that contested these local government elections are direct offshoots of the ANC
Current legislation mainly protects employees and those who make allegations anonymously and offers too little protection for witnesses
Zizi, who was made a pariah in the ANC, is now on the party’s campaign trail to try to woo back voters it has lost
Former president Thabo Mbeki urged business and government and society to work together to tackle issues such as poverty, unemployment and poor services and infrastructure
Imraan Coovadia’s new book connects the programmes of poisoning in Rhodesia and South Africa in five essays about the circumstances and men at the centre of their making