The government of national unity has failed to provide clear goals or a workable strategy to turn the economy around
South Africa will have to play Trump’s game if it wants to have any chance of beating unemployment and attracting investment
By appointing Steenhuisen to agriculture and a leader who can’t even keep his party together to land reform, Ramaphosa shows he doesn’t care
In the midst of the ANC’s weakness, the finance minister has an excellent chance to do good things with the budgets
Despite the party’s constant yapping at the ANC’s heels, many in its leadership are supping at the GNU’s generous table
Tourists don’t need a cop on their shoulder; the entire country needs protection
There is a troubling lack of credible successors for the president. Realistically, he will become an onlooker in the ANC by the end of 2026
Why did Mashaba engineer this coalition coup? The answer is simple: leaders without principle
They still have to face trial, but it’s a start in combating corruption on the continent
School bill is a tripwire for South Africa’s new government
Our politicians want nothing to do with accountability — Thembi Simelane, the MK Party MPs and John Steenhuisen are proof of this
Eskom success is just one of the welcome developments as the GNU settles in
The EFF runaway Floyd Shivambu goes from one cult to another
Work or talk? Will the president go for Leon Schreiber’s drive to get the job done, or Aaron Motsoaledi’s roadshow route?
Zuma is coming for the ANC through trade unions
As a nation we know the consequences of intelligence failures — so why are our intelligence services nowhere to be seen?
Anyone who thought he couldn’t possibly serve a second term is about to be proved wrong
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