NATASHA MARRIAN: The battle for Tshwane
The DA and the ANC are both pushing hard to win an outright majority rather than being forced to form a coalition in Tshwane
NATASHA MARRIAN: It may be Independents’ Day
In the past two municipal elections, independents received more than 300,000 votes. If added together as a party, it would be the fifth largest in SA
NATASHA MARRIAN: Cosatu bats for the judiciary
The judiciary and the constitution have found an unlikely defender: Cosatu
NATASHA MARRIAN: Next test of Cyril’s resolve
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s resolve as a reformer is set to be tested, now that the radical economic transformation faction has largely been neutralised
NATASHA MARRIAN: Helen Zille’s puzzling challenge
Zille’s challenge is as puzzling as her affection for Zuma, who in effect destroyed our economy and inflicted damage SA may never recover from
NATASHA MARRIAN: Desperate times for the ANC
The ANC’s secretary-general is suspended due to corruption charges, the party is broke and unable to pay staff, and now it has made a royal mess of its ...
NATASHA MARRIAN: When politicians get out of the way
While the progress of the NPA in bringing politicians to book remains frustratingly slow, the SIU is stepping up and showing serious intent in cleaning up ...
NATASHA MARRIAN: Why cadre deployment must die
The ANC deployment committee’s overarching power to make appointments — not merely issue recommendations, as Ramaphosa initially suggested — may just be ...
NATASHA MARRIAN: Will ANC’s elections move pay off?
The upcoming local government elections may be a game changer for the ANC, as it opens up its candidate selection process to nonmembers
NATASHA MARRIAN: Time for the whole truth
The composition of Ramaphosa’s new team will indicate if he is confident enough to be completely candid
NATASHA MARRIAN: Behind the state’s wage deal
A number of ministers, including Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, argued in favour of the 1.5% increase, even as finance minister Tito Mboweni resisted any wage hikes ...
NATASHA MARRIAN: A state of confusion
With such clowns at the helm, a foreign power wanting to disrupt the SA state could do so without blinking
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
