South Africa

New mayor – The ANC is cooking its goose for Joburg in 2026

By Ferial Haffajee

Maverick News

Provincial capture wins as Panyaza Lesufi goes his own way in Gauteng

By Ferial Haffajee

DM168

Zuma channels Trump to reinvent himself as St Jacob of the Unsullied Hands

By Shaun de Waal

South Africa

Joburg’s political crisis adds more keystrokes to the picture of the failing South African democracy

By Stephen Grootes

South Africa

Ramaphosa: There’s a long way to go, but Special Tribunal is a game changer in fight against corruption

By Cyril Ramaphosa

Africa

Expensive Poverty: Why Aid Fails and How It Can Work

By Greg Mills

South Africa

How fast will the ANC fall, part two: Two approaches to business — cronyism or contempt

By John Matisonn

South Africa

The ANC’s unbearable splintering of being

By Stephen Grootes

South Africa

The ANC years: Democracy suffers when there’s a disconnect between the head and the body

By Ivor Chipkin and Rafael Leite

South Africa

Unrest: Of understanding, representation and explanation

By Dale T McKinley

Politics

About the Guptas: ‘What we know today, we didn’t know then,’ ANC’s Gwede Mantashe tells inquiry

By Ferial Haffajee

South Africa

The politics of South Africa’s patronage system: The process of anti-patronage reform (Part Two)

By Ryan Brunette