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Justice Malala

Justice Malala is an award-winning journalist, TV host, political commentator and newspaper columnist. He writes regularly for the Sunday Times and Financial Mail, among others, and is the resident political analyst for e.tv and eNews Channel Africa.

JUSTICE MALALA: What local politicians can learn from Trump

As coalition talks begin, new leaders must focus on delivery

JUSTICE MALALA: There is another election that matters

The day before South Africans vote US citizens will vote too

JUSTICE MALALA: Fanning the flames of civil unrest

As riots engulf the globe, South Africa is also at risk

Former president Jacob Zuma.

JUSTICE MALALA: Expect one more spasm of Zuma chaos

A leaderless MK Party spells trouble

Mbuyiseli Madlanga

JUSTICE MALALA: Why the Madlanga commission could face failure

There is no incentive for good governance and accountability

JUSTICE MALALA: Cosatu chaos is South Africa’s real crisis

A deeply divided Cosatu threatens the GNU

JUSTICE MALALA: South Africans pay a high price for a ‘cold drink’

Business can’t replace the state

JUSTICE MALALA: Bring this dark money to light

Dark donations are a threat to South Africa's democracy and electoral transparency

JUSTICE MALALA: What can a crumbling ANC offer South Africans at the ballot box?

Paralysed by division, the ANC can't even agree on a candidate for Joburg

JUSTICE MALALA: This ‘cat theory’ can save South Africa

South Africa needs cats to catch its mice

JUSTICE MALALA: Desperately seeking brave leaders

SADC summit: all talk, no action in the region.

JUSTICE MALALA: Recces gone rogue: Why is Ramaphosa silent?

Justice Malala investigates the murder of Hawks investigator Lt-Col Frans Mathipa, allegedly by special forces members, and President Cyril Ramaphosa's silence.

Nkosikhona ‘Phakel’umthakathi’ Ndabandaba leads protesters during the June 30 abahambe march against illegal foreigners in Durban

JUSTICE MALALA: From Cueta to Soweto

Populist politicians such as those in the MK Party have seized on xenophobia as the fuel they need to win more votes. The anti-migrant coalition that came together in recent…

Gone: Andrea Johnson has resigned as head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption.

JUSTICE MALALA: Time to let the experts do the work

Two inquiries, one led by politicians and the other by legal experts, have revealed a huge chasm in how South Africa looks at and investigates crime.

Prime minister Andy Burnham needs to take decisive action if his term is to rise above the usual stodgy pudding of British politics.

JUSTICE MALALA: Hope is the thing with feathers

Andy Burnham, who became the UK’s seventh prime minister in a decade this week, is right that Britons are fed up. As a new broom, he has the opportunity to sweep clean and set an…

The prophetess Nongqawuse told the Xhosa people that if they destroyed their crops and killed their cattle, the European settlers would leave and they would prosper again.

JUSTICE MALALA: The new curse of Nongqawuse

South Africa’s intensifying migrant crisis puts it in danger of joining the miserable club of countries that have destroyed themselves by following charlatans over cliffs.

Marikana, August 2012.

JUSTICE MALALA: The short route to rule by rogues

August 2012 was a horrible month to be involved, in any shape or form, with Lonmin’s Marikana mine in North West.

People protest against illegal immigration on May 20, 2026 in Durban, South Africa. Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images

The X-men stirring hatred in South Africa

Justice Malala on the cast of populists, opportunists and ethnic agitators who are exploiting anger for political gain

Ngizwe Mchunu and Phakelumthakathi lead a march calling for action against illegal immigration in the Joburg CBD.

JUSTICE MALALA: Two X-men and a woman

The daily anti-illegal immigrant marches and attacks roiling South Africa are led by a failed Zulu radio personality, a DJ dropped by a small regional radio station and an…

How are you: DRC border health checks have been tightened following a new Ebola outbreak.

JUSTICE MALALA: The world is turning its back on Africa, again

Doors are being shut in African faces as the world reacts to new Ebola outbreak in DRC.