The mudslinging and jostling for positions have begun in earnest ahead of the ANC’s elective conference in December and President Cyril Ramaphosa needs to have his wits about him if he is to successfully navigate the stormy weather that lies ahead on his pathway to re-election as ANC president. It’s no surprise that a close …
Let’s start with what we know. We know that crime pays in South Africa. We know that those implicated can and will get away with the crime. And we know that even when the perpetrators are brought to justice, the wheels of justice don’t exactly turn as fast as those attached to a Formula One …
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For the first time in seven quarters, the South African unemployment rate fell. It comes as just the faintest glimmer of hope even as the cost-of-living skyrockets, and we continue to grapple with the other ever-present ailments that plague the country. We don’t have to go into too much detail there, we all know what …
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We’re bracing for price increases that are set to send our wallets on a diet for a long while to come with developing countries the world over, worried about food scarcity and riots while in developed countries, like the UK, the Economist magazine warns of the “the worst standard of living crisis since the 1970s”. …
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Are we finally moving in the right direction and holding those responsible for State Capture to account with the recent arrests of Gupta associates by the investigative directorate of the national prosecuting authority? On Wednesday, former Tegeta Exploration and Resources director Ronica Ragavan, a former trustee of Optimum Coal Mine Pushpaveni Govender and former deputy …
How long will the likes of transport minister Fikile Mbalula and tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu last in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet and does the president even have the resolve and power to remove them? Mbalula has been overly bombastic recently with his tweets about landing in Ukraine, which was a lie, and his utterances over …
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Children from poor households will suffer the effects of lockdown and Covid-19 for many years to come. According to the latest editorial piece for Business Day, “pupils lost an estimated 155 school days in 2020 and 2021, roughly three-quarters of a school year.” South Africa’s educational system already struggled to “deliver the basics even before …
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The United Kingdom is no stranger to a snap election, a process where parliament is dissolved before the next mandated election, and fresh elections are held but would a snap election happen in South Africa? Political analyst Ralph Mathekga argues for one and cites all the changes that have taken place over the last two …
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South Africa is heading towards failed state status at a rate of knots, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. The country is destined for the ash heap of history, a once hopeful and optimistic place destined for a new dawn following the first democratic elections in 1994 will be reduced to nothing but …
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We’ve been told for many years already that the ANC will lose power at some point in our democratic experiment and the evidence has become more and more compelling over the last three elections – the 2016 and 2021 municipal elections and the 2019 national election. The ANC performed poorly in all three, the governing …
