To his credit, former South African president Thabo Mbeki set up anti-corruption institutions that survived his own efforts to erode them.
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Rebuilding South Africa after the devastation of state capture would not be possible without the work of the Zondo commission.
Revelations show that the State Security Agency did little to safeguard the country and much to protect Zuma’s political faction and to funnel public money into private ends.
Justice Raymond Zondo found that the test for recusal had not been met.
For every office holder who may lose a seat because they are prosecuted, another job opens up.
Kimi Makwetu embodied the values of integrity, selflessness, humility and hard work. He steadfastly believed in the South African constitution.
Since parties always need money, forcing them to depend on private funders means throwing them into the hands of donors who will demand favours for their cash.
The new initiative reproduces the core weaknesses of post-apartheid state land and agricultural policy. These have done little to improve the livelihoods of the poor.
Emergency relief measures were operational for six months and are due to end soon. But the impacts of COVID-19 will be felt long after.
Jacob Zuma was removed by the people’s effect, which connected the dots of corruption, a mismanaged state and rapacious capitalism.
South Africa’s perilous decline under Jacob Zuma’s presidency is set out in two non-fiction books that provide unsettling, but essential reading.
There are disturbing questions around the complicity - witting or unwitting - of UK global financial institutions in the transnational network set up by President Jacob Zuma and the Gupta family.
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Visiting Adjunct Professor at Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Caxton Professor of Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Emeritus Professor, Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Professor in Political Science, University of South Africa
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Professor: International Business & Strategy, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Chair of Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies, Adjunct Professor in the School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director, the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute
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National Director, Black Sash
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies