NATASHA MARRIAN: Why Shamila Batohi needs more time
To think three years should be enough to reverse the damage done to the NPA is to fail to understand the extent of the damage wrought during the Zuma era
NATASHA MARRIAN: Inside Cosatu’s vaccine U-turn
At a heated high-level meeting this week, it was the labour federation’s affiliates in the retail and manufacturing sectors vs the public servants
NATASHA MARRIAN: The ANC is learning South Africans can’t eat unity
‘Renewal’ and ‘reform’ may be top of the party’s agenda, but citizens don’t care – they want a growing economy, jobs, basic services, and to feel safe
NATASHA MARRIAN: All power to the Patriotic Alliance?
The ANC is feeding voters to the wolves by effectively going back on its promise not to enter coalitions ‘at all costs’
NATASHA MARRIAN: Coalition brinkmanship
The EFF is no doubt the ANC's favoured coalition option but its demands are likely to be dealbreakers
NATASHA MARRIAN: The problem with voters checking out of the system
Political alienation could fuel instability as the legitimacy of government is eroded in the eyes of a citizenry who did not choose it
NATASHA MARRIAN: Eskom: ANC’s achilles heel
The lesson of these elections for the ANC is that it needs to fast-track energy reforms and Eskom's turnaround
NATASHA MARRIAN: Will 2021 be the year of the smaller parties?
Internal party polls are particularly unreliable ahead of these elections, but there seems to be some data behind the DA’s attacks on ActionSA
NATASHA MARRIAN: With members like these, who needs enemies?
Ramaphosa has been busy on the campaign trail, but his tired smile can’t hide the fact that the ANC’s leadership track record at municipal level is dismal
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
