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Cyril Ramaphosa seems to be on the way to uniting a fractious ANC. But he’s got a rough road to travel before he can claim any victories.

Politics is being reduced to personalities in South Africa. The real issue is whether the damage that’s been done can be undone.

Journalists need to hold firmly to the ethical standards that assure audiences their work is reliable and credible.

South Africa, following its peaceful transition, occupied the moral high ground and could influence the agenda of intergovernmental bodies like the United Nations. Not anymore.

The imposition of the fee free higher education proposal on South Africa’s National Treasury without due consideration represents an escalation of the state capture led by President Jacob Zuma.

South Africa’s ruling ANC has a new leader - Cyril Ramaphosa. But this doesn’t mean that the country is out of the woods. Political instability remains a real possibility.

The extent to which presidents adhere to the constitutional written code will have profound implications in relation to their use of executive power.

Parliament’s failure to live up to its constitutional mandate was noted by the State Capture Commission as having enabled former president Zuma’s regime to corrupt state behaviour with ease.

The rule of law embodies the rallying cry for the fair and democratic exercise of public power, buttressed by law and fundamental rights.

The posturing is bound to continue. But at the age of 78 Jacob Zuma’s long day in the sun is over.