Tag: African National Congress
Government to place ailing SAA under business rescue
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan is set to announce tonight that the South African Airways (SAA) board has resolved to place the ailing...
Johannesburg has a new ANC mayor — thanks to the DA
ANC Johannesburg chairperson Geoff Makhubo has been elected as mayor of South African’s economic hub, after at least two members of the Democratic...
Ebrahim, the maker of constitutions from Marabastad to Mogadishu
COMMENTHassen Ebrahim, whose book From Marabastad to Mogadishu: The Journey of an ANC Soldier will be launched on Sunday, has for two decades...
ANC in Gauteng flexes its muscle over election of a Jo’burg mayor
The Gauteng provincial government has threatened to “intervene” if Wednesday’s meeting of the City of Johannesburg council fails to elect a new executive...
Why I decided to work for Lindiwe Sisulu
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Sisulu to face Parliament on Bathabile’s new job
Parliamentarians have placed Minisister Lindiwe Sisulu’s appointment of Bathabile Dlamini as interim board chairperson of the Social Housing Regulatory Authority under the microscope.The...
Former minister Bongani Bongo arrested on corruption charges
In the most high-profile arrest into allegations of state capture yet, former state security minister Bongani Bongo appeared in court on Thursday on...
DA, EFF lack the muscle to keep the ANC in check
Politics is a tough business. Not long after his recent resignation as Democratic Alliance leader, Mmusi Maimane took an economy class seat on...
Mkhwebane hits back at Ramaphosa
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has hit back at President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing him in court papers of obfuscating, misleading, making “technical arguments” and...
Skewed diagnosis leads to faulty prognosis of DA’s prospects
In attempting to examine the Democratic Alliance’s current condition, Roger Southall in his article on November 12, “Party’s woes signify historical dilemma of...
Bathabile’s back – as head of the housing board
Disgraced former social development minister Bathabile Dlamini is back in public office. She’s the new chairperson of the Social Housing Regulatory Authority interim...
Complaint: Sisulu in bid for presidency
Knives are out for Lindiwe Sisulu, the human settlements, water and sanitation minister, with claims emerging that she is loading her ministry with...
‘Gentleman’ Steenhuisen is a Zille clone
The Democratic Alliance’s new parliamentary leader, John Steenhuisen, is polite, reasonable, open to persuasion and likeable. He is a gentleman.
These are obviously subjective...
Party’s woes signify historical dilemma of South Africa’s liberals
The return of Helen Zille, the former leader of South Africa’s official opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), to active politics as chair...
The real water crisis: Not understanding what’s needed
A serious multi-year drought in parts of South Africa’s Northern and Eastern Cape provinces has seen a number of small towns threatened by...