Nepotism
latest news & developmentsHealth: African Anti-Corruption Day is a hollow ritual in the face of entrenched fraud
If one looks at the unchecked abuse of resources, then it is not surprising that the continent’s health system is struggling
MK party strife intensifies as ‘nepotism’ allegations grow louder
uMkhonto weSizwe members have accused leaders of double standards, saying Duduzile-Zuma Sambudla is being shielded from disciplinary action
Why Zambia’s president is popular abroad but a disappointment at home
A year into Hakainde Hichilema’s first term as president reveals he is more interested in colluding with the West and dividing the country along ethnic lines
The charges against Zuma must be viewed in the context of the ANC leadership crisis
Many ANC leaders and officials have been implicated in allegations of corruption and other wrongdoing; Zuma’s is merely the most prominent case
Real relief requires the reform of state recruitment
Covid-19 has exposed, among a host of other things, the glaring gaps that appear when the wrong people have been put in the job
Nurses ‘threatened’ after refusing to attend to people in quarantine
Sixteen people identified during mass testing in the Eastern Cape were first taken to a B&B before being taken to a hospital
How to refresh SA’s jaded democracy
We should look to the Philippines, where barangays, or neighbourhood governments, help to empower communities
Angola’s dos Santos family empire in the firing line
Law enforcement agencies are cracking down on the high profile family of former Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos, accused of plundering revenues from the country’s vast…
Drama rocks Market Theatre
Allegations and counter-allegations are flying between the board’s chair, management and staff
Daughter of Angola’s ex-president sacked as state oil chief
Angolan President Joao Lourenco has fired his predecessor’s daughter, Isabel dos Santos, from her influential post as head of the state oil company
CSIR chief claims ‘state capture’
The council’s boss feels he is being targeted for opposing a bid to meddle in a tender .
Political observers: SA has become a police state
Several political observers have hinted that a recent spate of incidents – dismissed as random acts of crime – may be the workings of state security.
Dos Santos exit plan but a ploy
The Angolan president is buying time in an attempt to diffuse growing political tensions and balance popular demands with his personal interests.
Rent-seeking is gobbling up our economy
When the politically connected keep gorging at the trough, bona fide black talent is kept back, writes William Gumede.
Jobs for pals at state nuclear firm
A whistle-blower has claimed that the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation created a job for the chief executive’s wife, Ngeniswa Tyobeka.