Opinion

Justice Minister Ronald Lamola is 38 years old, which makes him the youngest member of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet. The youthful cabinet minister has long been touted as one of the future leaders within the ANC and possibly even a future president of the country. There are early signs that he could even make a …

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The State of the South African Nation is a rather bleak picture far from a vibrant and colourful portrait you might see in a contemporary art museum. When President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his State of the Nation Address (SONA) this week (form Cape Town City Hall, because, well, Parliament went up in flames) he’ll surely …

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Will Cyril Ramaphosa finally spring into action and deliver some knock-out blows to those implicated in the first two parts of the State Capture report? Hope springs eternal. While the president has done well not to get in the way of the work done by the State Capture commission as headed by deputy chief justice …

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Is the ANC in South Africa heading for the same path as the Zanu-PF did in Zimbabwe? It’s an old chestnut we’ve often heard before when those family and friends among us bemoan the state of the country, “We’re going to become just like Zimbabwe!” Both the ANC and Zanu-PF are proud liberation movements that …

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