South African democracy dies, Fascist Populism rises, and What Happens Next

Richard Poplak
05 AUG

Mkhwebane “unilaterally expanded the scope of her investigation”, miscalculated hundreds of millions, states Presidency

Ferial Haffajee
21 JUL

Ramaphosa hits back at Mkhwebane, setting off a major legal battle

Stephen Grootes
20 JUL

Judge not! Julius Malema and the new populist frontier against the judiciary

Richard Poplak
01 JUL

So, speaking of economics, what happened to that R1.5-trillion?

Tim Cohen
19 JUN

Cyril Ramaphosa and the harbingers of the ‘New Dawn’

Tessa Knight
07 JUN

The ANC – where Reality meets Unreality and where every Fight is a Zero-Sum game

Richard Poplak
05 JUN

South Africa’s brand new government — still a difficult work in progress

Stephen Grootes
30 MAY

Let the ANC’s post-election games begin

Stephen Grootes
13 MAY

ANC victorious, but loses seats in Parliament and across most legislatures

Greg Nicolson and Nkateko Mabasa
11 MAY

We should be grateful for boring elections

Carien Du Plessis
08 MAY

Artists resort to what they know best to get President Ramaphosa’s attention

Yanga Sibembe
07 MAY

Markets don’t care about elections. Or do they?

Sasha Planting
06 MAY

Botswana accepts SA government was not part of alleged political interference by Ramaphosa’s sister-in-law – Lindiwe Sisulu

Peter Fabricius
30 APR

Beyond Saints and Sinners: Ramaphosa’s South Africa (Part 2)

Adam Habib
30 APR

Ramaphosa gives gold national orders awards to Didier Ratsiraka, Edna Molewa and Johaar Mosaval

Yanga Sibembe
25 APR

Cyril Ramaphosa and the Hammering Man on the Wall

Ismail Lagardien
15 APR

ANC’s election candidates list: Ground Zero in the fight for the future of SA’s ruling party

Stephen Grootes
03 APR

This election means nothing. The real war begins on 9 May

Richard Poplak
01 APR

Will the Ministers of Capture get into Ramaphosa’s next Cabinet?

Ferial Haffajee
15 MAR

Eskom is in a deep hole; it will take decades and serious financial wizardry to dig it out

Marianne Merten
13 FEB