Mosibudi Mangena Author

Inflated state salaries, rising debt and a high social grant bill leave South Africa vulnerable.

It’s 25 years since Madiba’s release from prison and the unbanning of political parties. Former minister Mosibudi Mangena asks what’s changed.

My first meeting with Nelson Mandela was inauspicious, perhaps even undignified, writes the former president of the Azanian People’s Organisation.