Politics

DA Western Cape by-election candidate gunned down

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has condemned the murder of its Ward 104 by-election candidate and prominent Dunoon community activist, Sinovuyo Dyokwe. In a statement issued...

Jobs were not the Holy Grail for heroes of ’76

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 16 June 1976 Soweto students, who teared up against the usage of the Afrikaans language as...

June’s broken promises: How macroeconomic orthodoxy is sabotaging youth employment

As we commemorate Youth Month this June, the national discourse will inevitably overflow with political platitudes about the leaders of tomorrow. Yet, beneath the ceremonial...

Mathews Phosa: ‘SA failing its promise as youth struggle deepens’

South Africa is at risk of failing its people as worsening service delivery, rising unemployment and weak governance continue to erode public confidence, says...

Has Cyril Ramaphosa ceded prerogative to appoint ministers and deputies to...

President Cyril Ramaphosa faces a fresh test of his authority after DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis publicly announced sweeping changes to the party’s representation in...

Has Ramaphosa ceded Cabinet powers to GNU partners?

President Cyril Ramaphosa faces a fresh test of his authority after Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Geordin Hill-Lewis publicly announced sweeping changes to the party’s...

Does power corrupt or are the corrupt attracted to power?

Sturm and Antonakis defined power as “having the discretion and the means to asymmetrically enforce one's will over others". Finding resonance with the well-worn adage...

Generals left with legal bill after IDAC no-show, says lawyer

Lawyer James Ndebele has accused IDAC of embarrassing two senior crime intelligence officers and forcing them to incur legal costs after allegedly summoning them...

IDAC denies crime intelligence boss Dumisani Khumalo arrest

The NPA’s Investigating Directorate Against Corruption has denied that Crime Intelligence head Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo or anyone else from the division was arrested, but...

Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says police are facing ‘war’ after IDAC arrest scare

KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has said the police are “facing a war” after intelligence allegedly warned that the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption...