Author: Setumo Stone

Empowerment
Columns

Retire the word ‘tenderpreneur,’ or recalibrate

Ravin Singh’s ANC Today column last week, The Fiction of the ANC Businessman, raises a separate point that deserves serious consideration: the continued use of... Read more.
Why NSFAS is always found wanting 
News, Politics

Fasiha Hassan calls for beneficiation push and youth jobs in SONA debate

ANC MP and former #FeesMustFall activist Fasiha Hassan pressed for urgent action on youth unemployment, faster mineral beneficiation and cheaper energy during parliament’s... Read more.
Investment conference set to unlock Limpopo’s economic potential  
Politics

Phophi Ramathuba hails Cyril Ramaphosa’s ‘visible progress’

Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba has voiced strong support for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), telling parliament that improving... Read more.
Politics

Cyril Ramaphosa’s time in office might be worst than nine wasted years

EFF chief whip in the National Assembly Nontando Nolutshungu says the government had failed to confront the scale of violence affecting ordinary South Africans,... Read more.
MK Party blasts Ramaphosa's SONA
Politics

MK Party’s Edward Nzimande blasts SONA as ‘illusion’ masking joblessness

MK Party member of the National Council of Provinces, Edward Nzimande, accused the administration of President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday of offering “rhetoric... Read more.
Court deals blow to Cholota
Politics

High court clears way for Moroadi Cholota to face asbestos trial

The Free State High Court has cleared the way for former Free State premier Ace Magashule’s personal assistant, Moroadi Cholota, to stand trial on fraud, corruption,... Read more.
Jacob Zuma versus Sisi Khampepe
News, Politics

Jacob Zuma tells Sisi Khampepe he has ‘millions of people’ backing him

Former president Jacob Zuma has told the high court that “millions” of South Africans support his claim that retired Constitutional Court Justice Sisi Khampepe... Read more.
Politics

President Cyril Ramaphosa declares turning point for South Africa

President Cyril Ramaphosa used his annual State of the Nation Address to declare that South Africa had “turned a corner” after years of stagnation and crisis.... Read more.
Ramaphosa's speech shifts to delivery
Big Reads, Politics

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s SONA signalled GNU’s enforcement era

The most striking feature of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2026 State of the Nation Address was how sharply it departed from the tone and political positioning of... Read more.