Presidents who subvert democracies they vowed to protect can hit a brick wall: ask Jacob Zuma
Zuma shares ignominy with former US president Donald Trump who, like him, subverted democracy while in office.
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Ethical journalism: what to do ‑ and not to do ‑ with leaked emails
When given leaked information journalists should check the information, consider alternative explanations, consider the political context and allow the people implicated a proper chance to respond.
Paul Mashatile, South Africa’s new deputy president, has a critical task: to bring back a sense of stability
Mashatile could be the new broom that sweeps clean. Ramaphosa’s apparent confidence in him suggests that he has some latitude to do so.
ANC policy papers point to a party in a panic about losing power
Documents released ahead of the policy conference of South Africa’s embattled governing ANC show it hasn’t the guts or internal balance of forces, for self-correction and renewal.
No confidence vote: a victory for Zuma, but a defeat for the ANC
The political death of President Jacob Zuma is proving to be a protracted affair. Though he lives to fight another day, the ANC faces the prospect of losing its majority at the polls next year.
South Africa’s ruling party is performing dismally, but a flawed opposition keeps it in power
Dissatisfied ANC voters were much more likely to switch their votes if they held positive views of an opposition party. However, the problem for the opposition is that few people held these views.
Only South Africa’s elite benefits from black economic empowerment – and COVID‑19 proved it
A policy intended to help the majority of South Africans improve their lives has instead been abused to benefit only a few.
Precarious power tilts towards Ramaphosa in battle inside South Africa’s governing party
Ramaphosa’s rise to power in 2018 offered South Africans hope that he would end corruption. Indeed, he made promises to do so. But he has met with resistance, especially within the ANC.
South Africans learn that the law can be a double‑edged sword
South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority charged the country’s finance minister Pravin Gordhan and two of his former colleagues at the tax authority, Ivan Pillay and Oupa Magashule, with fraud last…
South Africa needs strategic leadership to weather its storms. Its presidents have not been up to the task
Mandela, the first president of a democratic South Africa, made big strategic choices – not necessarily the right ones, but certainly ones that were befitting of the times.
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