Stephen Grootes

Grootes is the host of the Midday Report on 702 and Cape Talk, and the Senior Political Correspondent for Eyewitness News. He's been part of the political hack pack since before the Polokwane Tsunami, and covers politics in a slightly obsessive manner. Those who love him have recommended help for his politics addiction. He quotes Amy Winehouse.

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Getting rid of Supra – not easy, not quick

Stephen Grootes

5 hours ago

South Africa, a country in a need of healing

Stephen Grootes

19 APR

ANC North West: Still crazy after all these years

Stephen Grootes

16 APR

Funeral Politics

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16 APR

ANC’s KZN-sized migraine

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12 APR

Analysis: The Politics of Diversity

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10 APR

Analysis: Helping Zuma/Hurting Ramaphosa via KZN strategy – not likely, not realistic, not doable

Stephen Grootes

08 APR

Analysis: The inevitable contest over Winnie’s political legacy

Stephen Grootes

04 APR

Analysis: Project Defending Zuma will struggle to make inroads

Stephen Grootes

02 APR

Analysis: EFF’s move in Nelson Mandela Bay – let the political chaos reign supreme

Stephen Grootes

28 MAR

It’s Complicated: The land issue according to the ANC Nasrec conference

Stephen Grootes

26 MAR

Analysis: The EFF vs ……………. (insert next enemy’s Name/Acronym/Description)

Stephen Grootes

23 MAR

Analysis: The 2019 Gauteng politics and Life Esidimeni tragedy

Stephen Grootes

22 MAR

ANC: Facing charges, can Zuma still split the party?

Stephen Grootes

18 MAR

Analysis: Dipping back into the Age of Gedleyihlekisa?

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14 MAR

Analysis: Hypocrisy’s many shades

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12 MAR

Analysis: Candles in the Wind – the Presidency as the art of the possible

Stephen Grootes

08 MAR

Analysis: With Bogeyman Zuma behind, SA steps into the Political Unknown

Stephen Grootes

05 MAR

Analysis: The particularly precarious position of one David Mabuza

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04 MAR

Analysis: Julius Malema’s diminishing political options

Stephen Grootes

28 FEB

Cabinet Reshuffle: The Worst of Times. The Best of Times

Stephen Grootes

27 FEB

Analysis: ANC’s inner war – after the New Hope, remnants of the Empire strike back

Stephen Grootes

26 FEB

Analysis: Turning vicious into a virtuous circle

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19 FEB

SONA 2018: Ramaphosa’s final victory over his predecessor

Stephen Grootes

17 FEB

Analysis: South Africa’s long nightmare is over

Stephen Grootes

15 FEB

Analysis: The ANC recalls Zuma – now what?

Stephen Grootes

13 FEB

Analysis: Cometh Zuma’s day of reckoning?

Stephen Grootes

12 FEB

Analysis: Dear President Zuma, waiting’s just another word for nothing left to lose

Stephen Grootes

09 FEB

Reporter’s Notebook: The waiting game, ebbing power, and a mysterious visit to Tuynhuys

Stephen Grootes

08 FEB

Reporter’s Notebook: A Whiplash kinda day and other Zuma-related injuries

Stephen Grootes

07 FEB

Analysis: ANC’s days of confusion, tension and desperation

Stephen Grootes

06 FEB

Analysis: 22 February 2018 – the date by which the Zuma Presidency must end

Stephen Grootes

04 FEB

Good riddance, ANN7

Stephen Grootes

01 FEB

Analysis: One SONA, two leaders, two competing futures

Stephen Grootes

31 JAN

Analysis: Cyril vs the Zumaites

Stephen Grootes

29 JAN

Analysis: For South Africa to have a future, Zuma must be prosecuted

Stephen Grootes

25 JAN

Analysis: When Ace Magashule met the National Press – pretty it was not

Stephen Grootes

23 JAN

Analysis: SA holds its breath as Ramaphosa solidifies his grip on ANC power

Stephen Grootes

22 JAN

Analysis: The rise and fall of Richard Mdluli, a man who damaged our society

Stephen Grootes

17 JAN

Analysis: The shaking of South Africa’s political equilibrium, still a work in progress