The markets and the unions agree: it’s time for a new broom Print edition | Leaders Apr 8th 2017 “AMANDLA” (“power” in Zulu and Xhosa), comes the cry from the podium. “Ngawethu” (“to us”), the…
South Africa’s public protector, Thulisile Madonsela, speaks to reporters in Johannesburg on June 7. Her seven-year term, marked by a tenacity that has brought her both celebrity and opprobrium, is up in October. (Marco Longari/AFP/Getty…
Matuma Letsoalo 16 Nov 2016 00:00 President Jacob Zuma taings the ANC’s campaign trail to Tembis. (Oupa Nkosi, M&G) Award-winning author and playwright Zakes Mda says South Africa is heading for a bloodbath if the…
April 10, 2017 South Africa’s former public protector Thuli Madonsela cut a lonely figure in the fight against corruption. Before she left office, she produced a dossier on the extent of state capture in South…
President Jacob Zuma appears to have survived his eighth scandal and crisis this week. In addition, four motions of no confidence at Parliament against him failed, raising doubts about the passage of the fifth motion…
/ November 29, 2016 By Alec Hogg How do you know whether your political leader is a dictator? I started wondering, as you might also, after reading the list of ten questions offered as a…
/ April 6, 2017 Far from weakening his position by flying in the face of sage international and local opinion, President Zuma has consolidated his power-base within the ANC, shored up his exit strategy and…
SIPHO PITYANA 05 APR 2017 12:19 (SOUTH AFRICA) Join us on the streets. Join us in saying: Zuma must go! It is crucial that we stand together, despite any differences, and find common purpose in…
Opinion Piece by Lelouch Giard April 5, 2017 Jacob Zuma. Photo: Allafrica.com As most of us know, calls for Zuma to fall have resurfaced – with vigour. After President Jacob Zuma, of South Africa, reshuffled…
national 1.4.2017 05:01 am Steven Tau President Jacob Zuma. Picture: Michel Bega Analysts warned that Zuma is likely to be forcefully removed by ordinary citizens, if the ANC does not recall him. The Cabinet reshuffle…
