Stephen Grootes

Grootes is the host of the Sunrise show on SAfm. 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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Herman Mashaba could be the main beneficiary of South Africa’s shifting political landscape

Stephen Grootes
06 AUG

Cosatu has had it with corruption – but what comes next?

Stephen Grootes
04 AUG

It seems nothing can stop the ANC from dragging the government and the country down

Stephen Grootes
03 AUG

Colour Me Informal: How lockdown regulations push the economy back into shadows

Stephen Grootes
30 JUL

How low can you go? The ANC’s never-ending race to the bottom

Stephen Grootes
27 JUL

The Great Schools Argument: Data indicates that schools should not be closed

Stephen Grootes
23 JUL

Covid-19 as the next foundation of South Africa’s political contest

Stephen Grootes
21 JUL

Quo Vadis, Consensus? President Ramaphosa and the need for resolute action in near-apocalyptic times

Stephen Grootes
20 JUL

Schools – the hardest governance decision of them all

Stephen Grootes
16 JUL

Cocked and 100% loaded: Taxi industry calls the shots

Stephen Grootes
14 JUL

Three quick and simple moves that could be economic game changers for South Africa

Stephen Grootes
13 JUL

The DA may have done a good political job during Covid-19 – but will it matter?

Stephen Grootes
23 JUN

Mboweni’s emergency Budget – a time to make the least-apocalyptic decisions

Stephen Grootes
22 JUN

VBS bank heist arrests: Who’s next?

Stephen Grootes
18 JUN

Electoral system change is coming – but how helpful will it truly be?

Stephen Grootes
14 JUN

Let’s be more like the Russians

Stephen Grootes
11 JUN

Government’s strange silence in the tobacco war of its own making

Stephen Grootes
09 JUN

Merging elections would hurt South Africa’s democracy — here’s why

Stephen Grootes
08 JUN

ANC’s Mzwandile Masina-sized splitting headache

Stephen Grootes
02 JUN

Why are South Africans hungry when there’s surplus food?

Stephen Grootes
02 JUN

Nationalise, Command, Let the ‘White Economy’ Collapse: Where Malema leads, ANC’s Mzwandile Masina will follow

Stephen Grootes
01 JUN

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