Marianne Merten

Marianne Merten has written on Parliament since 2016 for Daily Maverick. The intersection of governance, policy and politics unfolds at many levels, from tiny nuggets of information hidden in the voluminous stacks of papers tabled at the national legislature to the odd temper tantrum by a politician. Sometimes frustrating, sometimes baffling, even after 26 years as a hack, there are few dull days in the parliamentary corridors.

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Still ahead: A long and winding road for Busisiwe Mkhwebane impeachment inquiry

Marianne Merten
04 MAR

Scopa to investigate claims of nepotism and irregularity against Eskom CEO – made by suspended procurement chief

Marianne Merten
03 MAR

Public Protector’s possible impeachment inquiry may take years of stroll down a potholed road

Marianne Merten
01 MAR

Tito Mboweni’s fine line divides ANC and its Cosatu allies

Marianne Merten
28 FEB

Mboweni’s ‘sun behind the clouds’ shrouds a precarious balancing act premised on politically tricky assumptions

Marianne Merten
24 FEB

Eskom and the missing electricity supplies: Big plans but little urgency

Marianne Merten
24 FEB

On the razor’s edge: Fiscal balancing act hinges on civil servants’ wage bill 

Marianne Merten
24 FEB

Impeachment lessons for South Africa from the US

Marianne Merten
23 FEB

Ruffled political feathers, ministerial intervention — and Scopa postpones Eskom hearing

Marianne Merten
23 FEB

Budget 2021 media rules: National Treasury fixes what isn’t broken – and breaks long-standing trust

Marianne Merten
23 FEB

Rands and cents must back ambitious economic agenda in government’s reconstruction and recovery narrative

Marianne Merten
21 FEB

#Sona2021 Debate: Glass-half-full President let down by Home Affairs’ cut-and-paste job

Marianne Merten
18 FEB

Justice minister: Constitution is ‘sacrosanct’ to SA democracy and State Capture commission is central to renewal

Marianne Merten
17 FEB

Opposition flings political barbs at President Ramaphosa in a rough and tumble parliamentary session

Marianne Merten
16 FEB

Fynbos and aloe analogies aside, Ramaphosa’s Sona 2021 signals tough times ahead

Marianne Merten
12 FEB

From vaccines to R350 grant extension and economic growth, South Africa will rise like the fynbos, says Ramaphosa

Marianne Merten
11 FEB

Virtual State of the Nation Address: When rote security habits threaten to outshine the solemn occasion

Marianne Merten
10 FEB

Ramaphosa address: An opportunity to step up with timelines, details and implementation for SA’s future (or not)

Marianne Merten
09 FEB

Serious corruption at Prasa and Bosasa got the kid glove oversight — two former parliamentary committee chairpersons say they did their best

Marianne Merten
09 FEB

Perhaps refresher course will help turn Parliament’s showboaters into legislators

Marianne Merten
07 FEB

When MPs would only talk about corruption ‘privately’

Marianne Merten
06 FEB

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