JUSTICE MALALA: The bloom factor: SA then & now
SA has in the past clawed its way back from the brink. Bear that in mind, as 1980s-style pessimism engulfs us now
JUSTICE MALALA: The ghastly reality of SA’s normal
‘Normal’ is a nightmare, yet with the virus in retreat, it looks like a place we are headed back to with a vengeance
JUSTICE MALALA: Three scenarios for SA, all dismal
Ramaphosa’s appeasement policy means he is more likely to retain Bathabile Dlamini in his cabinet and fire Tito Mboweni
JUSTICE MALALA: Black middle class voters have nowhere to go
The black middle classes are waiting for a party that will respect their dignity while standing for liberal democrat values
JUSTICE MALALA: Our accidental president
After three years we are still speculating about what Ramaphosa wants and how he intends to achieve it
JUSTICE MALALA: Black lives don’t matter in Africa
SA’s indifference at the treatment of black people both here and over the border in Zimbabwe shows we are leaderless
JUSTICE MALALA: Cyril’s strength now a weakness
In the Ramaphosa playbook, everyone is invited into the tent. Again and again – even if they undermine his authority
JUSTICE MALALA: Voters must burst ANC’s bubble
The corruption around PPE contracts demonstrates again the arrogance of the party, which will sink us if it wins in 2024
JUSTICE MALALA: Let’s be kind to ourselves and our leaders
We have to cut the government some slack in judging its Covid response, but there’s a limit to what can be forgiven
JUSTICE MALALA: Another déjà vu ANC plan to forget
What happens next? The fine words on the ANC’s post-Covid recovery plans will be turned into noise and then – nothing
JUSTICE MALALA: How SA made Zim a failed state
Zimbabwe got where it is now because spineless SA leaders, from Mbeki to Ramaphosa, empowered a murderous regime
JUSTICE MALALA: Don’t tell the ANC, but it was a crisis everyone saw coming
If recent history is a measure, SA’s debt to GDP ratio will continue to hurtle on towards the 100% mark
JUSTICE MALALA: Donald Trump pulls a Zuma
In the US, the past week felt like something shifted: Donald Trump doesn’t seem invincible anymore
JUSTICE MALALA: Ghostly OR Tambo Airport hits home
OR Tambo, normally Africa’s busiest airport, now provides a ghostly demonstration of how Covid-19 has paralysed our lives
JUSTICE MALALA: Small businesses, beware: you are about to be massacred
Small businesses, beware: many of our ministers have finally tasted the power that comes with control
JUSTICE MALALA: Same old, same old for slothful ANC
Hopes for a more certain, less volatile post-Covid-19 policy environment are looking increasingly unlikely
JUSTICE MALALA: Limping into the new world
Ramaphosa is leading us into a new, complex world with a state whose capabilities have been destroyed
JUSTICE MALALA: The CEOs who never left
Helen Zille is in charge at the DA, no matter what she may say. Yet she comes at a price to the party in the long run
JUSTICE MALALA: Fiddling while Rome burns
SA is plunging into unprecedented economic disaster, but the cabinet floats on a cloud of complacency
