South Africa Ramaphosa’s signing of Expropriation Act may be a carefully calculated political chess move 5 min 86 By Stephen Grootes
BALANCING ACT OP-ED There are 56 good reasons South Africa needs the Bela Bill 6 min 30 By Michael Le Cordeur
ANALYSIS Despite calls for Ramaphosa to remove Gwarube, coalition reshuffles could be rare 5 min 5 By Stephen Grootes
ANALYSIS The nixing of the SABC Bill and the evolving tensions in the national coalition 5 min 1 By Stephen Grootes
FINDING COMMON GROUND Mashatile's GNU clearing-house meeting aims to resolve policy disputes 4 min 9 By Victoria O’Regan
LEARNING CURVE Bela Bill seeks to bring SA’s education system in line with Constitution, say civil society bodies 6 min 14 By Lerato Mutsila
OP-ED Cyril Ramaphosa — I am convinced GNU will not only survive, but thrive, despite party differences 4 min 6 By Cyril Ramaphosa
ANALYSIS Bela Bill controversy — the ANC/DA GNU dance is still being designed, but Ramaphosa leads 4 min 20 By Stephen Grootes
Letter from the DM168 editor What I learnt from the UDF era and Pravin Gordhan “The Chemist” 4 min 9 By Unknown Author
EDUCATION REFORM Ramaphosa signs Bela Bill into law, but presses pause on two controversial clauses for three months 5 min 8 By Victoria O’Regan
BELA BILL Q&A Bela Bill will immediately be taken to court if signed into law, says powerful lobby group 6 min 16 By Ferial Haffajee
PARLIAMENT Ramaphosa: The GNU is staying together — and Zille is ‘whistling in the wind’ 4 min 18 By Rebecca Davis
LAW REFORM OP-ED Bela Bill provides procedures binding on provincial education departments and school governing bodies 4 min 9 By Mary Metcalfe
ANALYSIS Ramaphosa and the Bela Bill — the power of political surprise, but at what cost? 2 min 69 By Stephen Grootes
LOST IN TRANSLATION GNU leaders urged by Ramaphosa's spokesperson to 'exercise restraint when there are issues of dispute' 5 min 2 By Victoria O’Regan
OPA 2024 REACTION Ramaphosa faces tricky balancing act after National Assembly criticism of Opening of Parliament Address 3 min 1 By Queenin Masuabi
EDUCATION ‘I can’t force my hand’ on Bela Bill, says Minister Gwarube as unions urge Ramaphosa to sign 4 min 1 By Msindisi Fengu and Siyabonga Goni
SOCIAL POLICIES OP-ED Education, employment and social protection are top GNU priorities, but must be evidence-based 8 min 0 By Vinayak Bhardwaj
CONTENTIOUS CHANGES OP-ED The school governance amendments in the Bela Bill are constitutional 5 min 5 By Faranaaz Veriava
BELA BILL SA Teachers’ Union, DA urge Ramaphosa to reconsider Bela Bill before signing 4 min 0 By Msindisi Fengu
