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Justice Zondo needs to get under the skin of the politics of state capture in South Africa, to get on record what happened, and why.

Drawing on Mandela’s legacy, Obama can help the world better understand the nature of threats to democracy.

Over the past few years, heads of department and chief financial officers in South Africa have been placed under enormous pressure by politicians to bend compliance rules.

The scale of the Guptas’ rapaciousness meant that, within just a few years, the institutions they leeched were in a state of collapse.

The first of a series of fatal flaws in the idea is about where to draw the line.

Armed groups looking to infiltrate the state to influence policy first pursue their objectives without openly antagonising the government.

Protests have become instruments of elite competition. This includes local politicians using professional agitators to contest for control of resources.

The inquiry’s findings could be a defining moment for South Africa, but only if the work of the Commission leads to concrete action and systemic change.

Accusations against South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa appear to be an example of the tried-and-tested trick to discredit him and his political campaign to become the next president.

A different form of state capture is underway in South Africa’s rural areas where traditional leaders are selling off people’s land to miners. But communities are fighting back.