Zuma shares ignominy with former US president Donald Trump who, like him, subverted democracy while in office.
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Justice Raymond Zondo found that the test for recusal had not been met.
For every office holder who may lose a seat because they are prosecuted, another job opens up.
The first of a series of fatal flaws in the idea is about where to draw the line.
Journalists need to hold firmly to the ethical standards that assure audiences their work is reliable and credible.
Claiming a right to determine reality by mere say-so is becoming increasingly commonplace, but we should never get used to it.
Media self-criticism is not just important to improve journalism, it is a political, professional and moral imperative.
Corruption has been a constant feature of South African political life for much of the past 350 years; solutions will also take time.
Author shows how politicians intent on settling problems by physically eliminating opponents tap into a ready source of assassins from within the taxi industry.
Although a commited veteran of the ANC, Mlangeni was no party apparatchik. He was outspoken against endemic corruption in government.
Mandela left at the right time in 1999, when the country still seemed in a healthy state, after which he consolidated his international reputation.
Moe Shaik fancies himself as an analyst who can read people well. And yet, he has a rather large blind spot for his leaders – until they fall out with him.
Jokes and satire can build resilience but also spread misinformation as people don’t always know what is trustworthy and what is just funny.
How two massive opposing forces - the shift towards a sustainable world and the force that thrives on inequality - are unfolding at a global level.
The challenge to deliver a persuasive speech comes firstly in the context of intense doubts as to whether President Ramaphosa is truly in charge of the ANC.
In his new capacity as President of South Africa, FW de Klerk directly experienced for the first time how the international community had abandoned its support for minority white rule.
In South Africa, state corruption has taken hold with utter disregard for ethics and democratic norms in a cynical exploitation of the post-apartheid transformation agenda.
Ramaphosa is constrained by his tenuous control over South Africa’s governing party, the ANC.
The year ahead promises to be a very difficult but also a very decisive year for South Africa. Is President Ramaphosa equal to the challenge?
The most that may be hoped for from the party’s annual statement is evidence of a president who is confident, clear and courageous.
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