NATASHA MARRIAN: How the mighty have fallen
The ANC and its government are reaping a whirlwind of their own making
NATASHA MARRIAN: Is Cele dancing to Zuma’s tune?
A failure to arrest Zuma would make a mockery of SA’s constitutional order
NATASHA MARRIAN: Health minister needed, stat
As Covid rages, the health portfolio requires someone who is steady and can produce results
NATASHA MARRIAN: Zero in on smaller players to nail the big guns
Refiloe Mokoena has apparently not been called to appear before the Zondo commission, yet the VAT refund saga is a major demonstration of the extent of the ...
NATASHA MARRIAN: Party’s over for the ANC
The ANC, by all accounts, appears to have been run pretty much like the state; in a chaotic, unprofessional and unsustainable way
NATASHA MARRIAN: Mkhize placed on ice, as reshuffle looms
The saga around Zweli Mkhize has hastened the need for President Cyril Ramaphosa to reshuffle his cabinet
NATASHA MARRIAN: Cyril has no choice but to act
The president cannot pretend that the scandal is going to go away. He has to act —or his renewal project becomes yet another ANC vanity exercise
NATASHA MARRIAN: Despair, as Ace’s pals to hear his pleas
In the richest and most tragic of ironies, those set to hold Magashule accountable for his behaviour are themselves far from covered in glory
NATASHA MARRIAN: Poll tension gnaws at ANC
Will the ANC manage to reverse the trend of electoral decline which set in from 2009?
NATASHA MARRIAN: Political parties face funding drought
Jessie Duarte has admitted that the donors the ANC traditionally relied on have stepped back
NATASHA MARRIAN: Unions as victims? Hardly
This time round the divide is not only between the state and labour but between the unions themselves
NATASHA MARRIAN: Ramaphosa at Zondo: Watershed or Waterloo
This week will be hugely significant for the ANC — it will become clear if Ramaphosa can lead the party in making a clean break with the past and holding its ...
NATASHA MARRIAN: The misplaced victimhood of Jacob Zuma
If pulling out of all legal proceedings was his big plan, chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has just effortlessly drawn him back in
NATASHA MARRIAN: ANC has terminal symptoms
That despicable individuals still have influence shows in whose interests the party governs
NATASHA MARRIAN: How Ramaphosa outplayed Ace — and why it matters
Every step taken by the ANC’s NEC this week is setting a precedent and has to be applied across the board, even into the future
NATASHA MARRIAN: The tipping point of accountability
Finally, real accountability and justice will follow disclosure by all parties involved in state capture and corruption
NATASHA MARRIAN: Labour’s stale threat
Cosatu unions are putting out fires on all fronts as the jobs bloodbath continues
NATASHA MARRIAN: Cyril’s hand strengthens, as RET faction flounders
What is critical for Ramaphosa, if he indeed wants a second term, is that he delivers more speedily on the vaccine rollout
NATASHA MARRIAN: The ANC’s severe case of schizophrenia
Ordinary South Africans remain in the unrelenting grip of the ANC’s mismanagement and larcenous treatment of the economy
