WHITE HOUSE SHOWDOWN

Ambush or relationship reset? Daily Maverick writers assess Ramaphosa’s meeting with Trump

4 min

20

By Daily Maverick

CRUCIAL INDABA

High stakes in 10 charts — what SA risks (and gains) in a Trump-Ramaphosa meeting

5 min

19

By Ferial Haffajee

TRAGIC BLAZE

‘We warned you’ — Joburg ignored years of alerts before four Mayfair toddlers died in fire

6 min

5

By Ferial Haffajee

Articles

Power Chat – Ferial Haffajee in conversation with Dirco Director-General Zane Dangor

2 min

0

By Unknown Author

VULINDLELA PHASE 2

Government models 3.5% growth by 2029 as it launches 30 key reforms — here they are

4 min

18

By Ferial Haffajee

STATE OF THE CITY ANALYSIS

Wanted: A new government for Johannesburg’s great people

7 min

26

By Ferial Haffajee

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Quotas vs transformation — DA’s legal attack on employment equity law splits the GNU

5 min

56

By Ferial Haffajee

INTERVIEW

We’re not the ATM: Google says no to Competition Commission’s R500m proposal to fund SA news

7 min

25

By Ferial Haffajee

PUBLIC SCEPTICISM

VAT deal means GNU stays — just in time as new survey shows South Africans are gatvol of the drama

5 min

0

By Ferial Haffajee

INTERVIEW

Nation-building or nation-breaking? The GNU needs an identity reset

6 min

2

By Ferial Haffajee

INTERVIEW

Digital platforms have a profound and negative impact on media freedom and sustainability – Competition Commission

8 min

1

By Ferial Haffajee

THEATRE REVIEW

Bo Petersen’s magnificent ‘Pieces of Me’ — a play about the pain of passing as white

3 min

2

By Ferial Haffajee

GNU 2.0

VAT court challenge stays; Treasury may drop increase: Three future GNU scenarios for SA

5 min

20

By Ferial Haffajee

GNU CRISIS Q&A

DA says it is ‘willing to speak to ANC to get a workable Budget on the table’

3 min

4

By Ferial Haffajee

GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL (DIS)UNITY

ANC’s fallout with DA escalates as Ramaphosa pushes back on business pressure

6 min

71

By Ferial Haffajee

GNU SCENARIO

Power without the DA - here’s a possible new Government of National Unity

2 min

29

By Ferial Haffajee

BUDGET BUST-UP ANALYSIS

GNU 2.0 loading — ‘You can’t be part of a government whose Budget you opposed,’ says Presidency

3 min

43

By Ferial Haffajee

PODCAST

Power Chat – Ferial Haffajee unpacks Budget 2025 and the GNU with Deputy Finance Minister Ashor Sarupen

1 min

1

By Ferial Haffajee

ANALYSIS

Big Budget Bust-Up — here’s why DA might be overplaying its hand

3 min

20

By Ferial Haffajee

UNDIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

New US envoy might be more conservative than me, says SA-born Pollak, who lost out on job

7 min

10

By Peter Fabricius

PODCAST

Power Chat – Ferial Haffajee and Breitbart's Joel Pollak on democracy, foreign policy, and power

1 min

16

By Ferial Haffajee