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
NATASHA MARRIAN: Zuma will bend — as always
Defying the Constitutional Court is low, even for Zuma, but he will eventually concede; he always does
NATASHA MARRIAN: Gauteng ANC: A province divided
The gradual weakening of the Gauteng ANC began years ago, after the departure of experienced leaders
NATASHA MARRIAN: Moment of truth for unions
If unions secure deals that cannot withstand scrutiny, what is the point in holding union membership?
NATASHA MARRIAN: Mufamadi’s bombshell, and the ANC’s shame
SA received a spine-chilling reminder this week of the extent of the destruction wreaked by former president Jacob Zuma
NATASHA MARRIAN: Creative leadership needed
Public-sector unionists say there is little which is ‘attractive’ about the ANC that they can sell to their members
NATASHA MARRIAN: ANC on shaky ground
The polls will be a key measure of sentiment. Voters have shown they are no longer satisfied merely with struggle credentials
NATASHA MARRIAN: Bain’s bid to muzzle whistleblower
The company has yet to come clean about the full extent of former managing partner Vittorio Massone’s machinations in the state capture project
NATASHA MARRIAN: Cyril’s Magashule handicap
Ramaphosa is either eating the corruption elephant one bite at a time, or he is kicking the can down the road
NATASHA MARRIAN: Blunder upon blunder over public sector wage deal
Mboweni placed unions in an awkward position by prematurely going public
NATASHA MARRIAN: Who’s the boss?
Tito Mboweni’s taking to social media to vent must be an irritation to some in the Union Buildings, as it exposes the shortcomings in Ramaphosa’s administration
