The Rise of the MK Party: A New Force in SA Politics
OPINION: Helen Zille and her fellow travellers are victims of their propaganda. They undermine and underestimate the MKP at their own peril. With ANC on an irreversible ...
GNU seeks to normalise the ANC’s historic political setback
The notion that the performance of the so-called GNU can be assessed in 100 days is misplaced and mischievous; '100 days’ mark has no basis in law or our Constitution, ...
GNU seeks to normalise the ANC’s historic political setback
The notion that the performance of the so-called GNU can be assessed in 100 days is misplaced and mischievous; '100 days’ mark has no basis in law or our Constitution, ...
A nation divided on Pravin Gordhan's controversial legacy
Not shy about its ambition, the DA argued that “it is the only party big enough and with the institutional capacity to rescue South Africa and get our country working ...
The glitter of the Zondo Commission is fast fading
The decision by the Middelburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Mpumalanga to strike off the roll R2. 8 billion fraud and corruption case against Koko and ...
The glitter of the Zondo Commission is fast fading
Chief Justice Raymond Zondo hands over the final judicial commission on the state capture report to President Cyril Ramaphosa. The decision by the Middelburg Specialised ...
Shivambu shifts the Left’s political centre of gravity towards the MK Party
Floyd Shivambu and Julius Malema at a press briefing in 2020. The two were regarded as the Siamese political twins of the Left. ...
Shivambu shifts the Left’s political centre of gravity towards the MK Party
Floyd Shivambu and Julius Malema at a press briefing in 2020. The two were regarded as the Siamese political twins of the Left. ...
Fixing dysfunctional judiciary a key task for Justice Maya
The new chief justice’s appointment must be seen as a corrective measure, since she was overlooked when President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed Chief Justice Zondo over ...
GNU talks expose the omnipotence of white supremacy
OPINION: The unseemly spat between the African National Congress (ANC) President Ramaphosa and the leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) comes as no surprise.
From Ramaphoria to Ramageddon: MK party shatters long-held false narratives about Jacob Zuma
The love that Jacob Zuma enjoys is inscribed in the hearts and souls of ordinary people, argues Professor Sipho Seepe.
The subversion of South Africa
OPINION: With so much promise expected and expressed in the post-1994 political dispensation, the book provides an insight into what went wrong, writes Prof. Sipho ...
ANC manifesto no longer worth the paper it’s written on
OPINION: President Cyril Ramaphosa has always been a trump card for the apartheid beneficiaries. They knew what they were doing when they funded his presidential ...
State capture, Covid excuses won’t mislead electorate
OPINION: The 2024 national elections are likely to be the most consequential elections since the founding of South African democracy. Every credible poll indicates ...
State capture, Covid excuses won’t mislead electorate
OPINION: South Africans have had to contend with the crumbling economic infrastructure, writes Prof. Sipho Seepe.
The mushrooming of political parties dilutes the African voice, wastes thousands of votes - Prof Sipho Seepe
Nowhere is the intensity of human destitution more so than in African communities. With unemployment estimated at 40%, African communities have become epicentres ...
New Dawn another false start under President Cyril Ramaphosa
OPINION: On the leadership front, President Cyril Ramaphosa has effectively outsourced the responsibility of decision-making to task teams and commissions, writes ...
Has NPA been weaponised to carry out political persecutions?
OPINION: Matshela Koko has effectively been denied the right to a speedy trial. Koko’s trial and tribulations fly out in the face of the provisions of the Constitution, ...
Prof. Makgoba is a man of many seasons
OPINION: In writing this book Makgoba has done the country a great service. Its is a form of a patriotic duty in a sense that it embodies reflections of a person ...
Mortgaging the country’s future is treasonous
With load shedding expected to be escalated this year, South Africa must brace itself for a winter of discontent.
Victory strengthens Cyril Ramaphosa but Phala Phala matter puts Paul Mashatile in pole position to become next president
Picture: ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, party national chairperson Gwede Mantashe and deputy president Paul Mashatile. Picture: Oupa Mokoena/African News Agency ...
Victory strengthens Cyril Ramaphosa but Phala Phala matter ...
OPINION: With the 2024 elections around a corner, most of 2023 is going to be wasted in litigation as parties seek to hold President Cyril Ramaphosa accountable ...
Reclaiming people’s power a defining moment for ANC branches
Graphic: Timothy Alexander/African News Agency (ANA)By Professor Sipho Seepe Recent developments in our body politic such as the never ending inter and intra party ...
It is evident that integrity has never been Ramaphosa’s strong attribute
The African Proverb that “he who digs a grave for his enemy might as well be digging one for himself” appropriately paraphrases President Cyril Ramaphosa’s predicament ...
The judiciary has become a threat to our democracy
Picture: Timothy Bernard African News Agency (ANA) - Office of the Chief justice of South Africa in Midrand. By Professor Sipho SeepeIn what can best be described ...