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Moyane’s axing ends one of the last vestiges of Zuma’s continued influence in the country’s governance.

A sea change in the system of governance is needed to fix South Africa and rebuild an economy plagued by serious crises.

South African President Jacob Zuma’s efforts to promote his unpopular nuclear project are weakening him politically but he still seems keen to pursue it.

South African investigative journalists and civil society played a crucial role in bringing a country in the clutches of patronage networks back from the brink.

Ramaphosa’s stimulus package is more interesting for what it says about the politics of economic decision making than for its likely impact on the economy.

It has become increasingly clear that the country needs to start thinking of life without Ramaphosa - and the ANC - in charge.

The commission could have made more of the evidence and been more categorical about when it thought criminality had taken place.

The judgment highlights the lack of interest by successive government ministers in curtailing the self-interested actions of rural elites.

Claiming a right to determine reality by mere say-so is becoming increasingly commonplace, but we should never get used to it.

Whistleblowers should be entitled to financial support. But that has potential costs as well as benefits.