Only Fools & Horses — ANC’s cheap politicking backfires

Marianne Merten

19 FEB

The promise-rich, but policy-light campaign for the hearts and minds of voters

Marianne Merten

15 APR 2019

Details, Promises, Thuma Mina 2.0 – an election speech designed to lift SA’s spirits

Marianne Merten

08 FEB 2019

Land expropriation, the final push: Constitutional amendment drafting committee set up, Cabinet approves draft Expropriation Bill

Marianne Merten

07 DEC 2018

Roiling pressure in the House and in the administration while clearing the decks before year’s end

Marianne Merten

11 NOV 2018

Opposition fisticuffs and racial epithets as Ramaphosa lays down anti-corruption line, even for his kin

Marianne Merten

06 NOV 2018

Donald Trump decides South Africa deserves some attention, finally. Too bad

J Brooks Spector

24 AUG 2018

Ramaphosa promises ‘rapid release’ of publicly owned land; Mkhwebane goes all alternative facts

Marianne Merten

23 AUG 2018

Four dynamics that will define South Africa’s future

Stephen Grootes

30 JUL 2018

DD Mabuza’s Q&A and EFF-ANC toenadering

Marianne Merten

25 APR 2018