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Thabo Mbeki

South African Communist Party, Cosatu are stuck with the ANC
Opinion
/ 16 October 2022

South African Communist Party, Cosatu are stuck with the ANC

Despite being disillusioned with their ally in government, the SACP and the labour federation are unlikely to leave the tripartite alliance

By Mcebisi Ndletyana
African Union 20 years on: A retrospective
Opinion
/ 30 September 2022

African Union 20 years on: A retrospective

Assessing the successes and ongoing challenges of the African Union 20 years on

By Craig Moffat
Back to the future as Dlamini-Zuma squares up to challenge Ramaphosa for the ANC presidency
Opinion
/ 13 September 2022

Back to the future as Dlamini-Zuma squares up to challenge Ramaphosa for the ANC presidency

One would have hoped the ANC had made it out of its 2017 trenches – or dug some new ones

By Paddy Harper
Zuma also deserves a song and dance
Opinion
/ 9 September 2022

Zuma also deserves a song and dance

uBaba should have the full black, green and gold treatment with all the trimmings for his next court appearance

By Paddy Harper
Terror of old now terrorised: Cope slipping from Mosiuoa Lekota
Opinion
/ 1 September 2022

Terror of old now terrorised: Cope slipping from Mosiuoa Lekota

The Cope president should have bailed long ago and saved himself an embarrassing end

By Paddy Harper
Cope crumbles as party leaders turn on each other
Politics
/ 30 August 2022

Cope crumbles as party leaders turn on each other

Both factions have issued each other with letters of suspension

By Paddy Harper
Despite all the documents, there is no social compact in South Africa
Business
/ 5 August 2022

Despite all the documents, there is no social compact in South Africa

The government has had many plans to boost the economy since 1994 but none have achieved their targets

By Duma Gqubule
The ANC is now just an empty vessel
Opinion
/ 4 August 2022

The ANC is now just an empty vessel

It can neither hold the centre nor lead society. The recent policy conference was bereft of new ideas

By Richard Calland
‘Tunisia Days’ ahead as inflation exerts political pressure
Business
/ 27 July 2022

‘Tunisia Days’ ahead as inflation exerts political pressure

With high prices continuing to bear down on consumers the world over, leaders who fail to bring inflation to heel could face a reckoning

By Sarah Smit
How spies shape South Africa’s political path
Politics
/ 2 July 2022

How spies shape South Africa’s political path

From Mbeki to Zuma to Ramaphosa, the facts and fictions of the intelligence networks have shadowed political players and settled power struggles

By Emsie Ferreira and Paddy Harper
[From our archives] Spy boss Fraser brings out his wrecking ball
Opinion
/ 11 June 2022

[From our archives] Spy boss Fraser brings out his wrecking ball

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

By Hugo ka Canham
‘NPA obstructing $10bn arms deal investigation’
Politics
/ 3 June 2022

‘NPA obstructing $10bn arms deal investigation’

The graft, alleged by the head of an investment management firm, is said to implicate Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki

By Khaya Koko
How the ANC wants to re-evaluate cadre deployment during policy conference
Politics
/ 23 May 2022

How the ANC wants to re-evaluate cadre deployment during policy conference

The party’s decision to relook at the deployment process could result in a broadening of the pool of candidates for positions.

By Lizeka Tandwa
Editorial: Praise for treasury’s Mogajane, but his replacement faces a battle
Editorial
/ 7 April 2022

Editorial: Praise for treasury’s Mogajane, but his replacement faces a battle

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

By Editorial
A sin tax on vapes is not as bad as Aids denialism. Here’s why
Health
/ 22 March 2022

A sin tax on vapes is not as bad as Aids denialism. Here’s why

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

By Joan Van Dyk
Can Ramaphosa’s new disciplinary committee operate beyond factional lines?
Analysis
/ 11 March 2022

Can Ramaphosa’s new disciplinary committee operate beyond factional lines?

If properly structured, the committee could introduce an era of accountability that is desperately needed in the governing party

By Lizeka Tandwa
Toppling Mbeki caused divisions in the ANC that are still felt today
Opinion
/ 2 March 2022

Toppling Mbeki caused divisions in the ANC that are still felt today

There has been a silent nostalgia for Mbeki to return to the country’s mainstream political discourse

By Benzi Ka-Soko
Didiza, Losi among names touted as part of ANC renewal commission
National
/ 1 March 2022

Didiza, Losi among names touted as part of ANC renewal commission

NEC members say the renewal commission should start its work now or risk losing 2024 elections

By Lizeka Tandwa
Mbeki left out of ANC renewal commission
Politics
/ 28 February 2022

Mbeki left out of ANC renewal commission

The commission, made up of ANC elders, will be charged with drafting the party’s programme of unity and renewal for the next decade

By Lizeka Tandwa
South Africa’s legacy of sheltering war criminals can no longer be ignored
Analysis
/ 28 February 2022

South Africa’s legacy of sheltering war criminals can no longer be ignored

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

By Lizeka Tandwa
Open Letter to President Thabo Mbeki – Recommitting ourselves to nation building
Opinion
/ 9 February 2022

Open Letter to President Thabo Mbeki – Recommitting ourselves to nation building

‘We will engage in a rugged struggle to ensure that all those who are implicated in the State Capture report are brought to book’

By Kefentse Mkhari
Radical economic transformation ‘bullshit’ won’t change lives of poor
Opinion
/ 16 January 2022

Radical economic transformation ‘bullshit’ won’t change lives of poor

Lindiwe Sisulu and other power and prosperity seekers in the ANC had the authority to improve the lives of ‘the people’, but didn’t

By Andile Zulu
The ANC must wise up or crash out
Opinion
/ 8 January 2022

The ANC must wise up or crash out

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

By Taahir Motan
ANC: A corrupt party culture leads to a corrupt government
Politics
/ 7 January 2022

ANC: A corrupt party culture leads to a corrupt government

Incompetence, corruption and cronyism are part of many liberation organisations for complex reasons, but such organisational culture tends to persist into government.

By William Gumede
Parliament fire: Truth is stranger than fiction
Opinion
/ 6 January 2022

Parliament fire: Truth is stranger than fiction

Zandile Mafe took a nap outside parliament. Does that make him a
sleeper agent?

By Paddy Harper
Archbishop Tutu — a man of God who liked to laugh
Opinion
/ 27 December 2021

Archbishop Tutu — a man of God who liked to laugh

‘The Arch’ never stopped joking as he fought oppression locally and globally, writes Thembisa Fakude.

By Thembisa Fakude
Better management of internal dynamics is key to the ANC’s recovery
Politics
/ 12 December 2021

Better management of internal dynamics is key to the ANC’s recovery

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

By Zamani Saul
Protected Disclosures Act: How did whistleblowing law go wrong?
National
/ 3 December 2021

Protected Disclosures Act: How did whistleblowing law go wrong?

Current legislation mainly protects employees and those who make allegations anonymously and offers too little protection for witnesses

By Luke Feltham
Absolutely No Current on Thabo Mbeki Restoration Tour
Opinion
/ 29 October 2021

Absolutely No Current on Thabo Mbeki Restoration Tour

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

By Paddy Harper
Mbeki: Social compact the answer to promises made in ANC election manifesto
Business
/ 22 October 2021

Mbeki: Social compact the answer to promises made in ANC election manifesto

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

By Anathi Madubela
Deadly medicine: Poison and warfare
Africa
/ 14 October 2021

Deadly medicine: Poison and warfare

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

By Percy Zvomuya
Zweli Mkhize and the art of money recycling
Opinion
/ 30 September 2021

Zweli Mkhize and the art of money recycling

The former health minister’s ‘close associates’ laundered cash from the R150-million Digital Vibes ‘heist’ in boxes

By Paddy Harper
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