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ANALYSIS | MKP, EFF progressive alliance as good as dead
Only a fool has not taken notice that the relationship between the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) and EFF is at the crossroads and almost...
‘Lesufi, Maile need to be protected by the masses’
I am very sure that the person who performed the ultimate act of daring, poking the beastliest of predators with a forefinger, lived to...
ANC needs its own Pappas to get it right
Chris Pappas, the DA politician, is fascinating. First, he is an openly gay man in a world that struggles to embrace diversity, be it...
100 days of GNU: Is improved business confidence sustainable
By Rebone Tau
For the first time since 1994, the African National Congress (ANC) lost its outright electoral majority in the 2024 elections.
Following this setback,...
Government must carry the can for children’s deaths
The community of Naledi, a section of South Africa’s biggest township, Soweto, is reeling in the wake of the deaths of five children who...
Let’s do better than have the likes of Hlophe in office
The question that lingers on my mind frequently is: how was the impeached former Western Cape Judge President, Dr Mandlakayise John Hlophe, appointed as...
Lesufi 2-0 ahead in the long game for the presidency of...
The next ANC conference might be what seems like a million miles away, but it won’t be amiss to say the tussle for the...
Hold the dialogue now, Mr President
The hype about the proposed presidential national dialogue must be accelerated, if only for one reason, and one reason only: the country is hurtling...
We can only hope Stellenbosch FC do not get sold
It was on a cold, early evening Highveld day in 2009 when Stellenbosch FC coach Steve Barker announced his arrival as a coach in...
Lack of morals and consequence fails cities
The perennial question asked by philosophers is: How a world without rules and morality might look like, where everyone did as they pleased, and...
Gordhan’s huge contribution to democratic local governance in SA
Much has been said about Pravin Gordhan as a crusader against corruption and state capture, but he was much more.
Before Sars, ministries of finance,...
‘Political parties in GNU are not sincere to South African voters’
Listening to Helen Zille’s interview with the Frederick Newman Foundation, one could not help but ponder the sincerity of the political parties that form...
Have black people declared whites as superior?
If someone came to you regularly to ask you to do one or other thing on their behalf, would you think they were your...
Let us explore the magical world of paperless education and management
For centuries, schools have relied on paper, turning classrooms and libraries into forests of wall displays. The concept of paperless school administration and management...
Black and white – never grey, this business of settlers and...
By Mzwandile kaBizokwakhe
A person who flees for shelter, safety, protection from danger or trouble especially to a foreign country, as in time of political...
MK’s Jacob Zuma is the ultimate champion of phuma s’bethane
South Africans may have forgotten their popcorn ahead of Wednesday’s vote. By the time the last vote was cast, the 2024 elections had shaped...
Idea of these two cosying up to each other obnoxious
How would African ancestors, our forebears, judge us as black people if we were to support former oppressors to win the May 29 general...
A coalition between the ANC and DA is a betrayal of...
Kay Sexwale
With critical elections -being held in a few days the political landscape is rife with speculation and uncertainty.
A highly debated issue is the...
PAC regroups from factional divisions, targets rural vote
The PAC, which has emerged from a protracted period of internal turmoil, is focused on winning the minds and hearts of rural communities in...
Hail our constitution, a guiding light for South Africa
By Nomonde Mnukwa
This is set to be one of the busiest years for our country. We will participate in our nation’s seventh democratic elections...
