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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: 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.

Impending peril: Anti-immigrant groups March and March and Operation Dudula have been calling for government action
against illegal immigration

JUSTICE MALALA: As xenophobic violence looms, South Africans are home alone — and in danger

At a time of impending peril, South Africa has no security and intelligence leaders. It has no resources, and no known long-term strategy to stem and avert threats

Rise Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi. (Freddy Mavunda)

JUSTICE MALALA: Could Songezo Zibi be the bold new leader South Africa needs?

If the ANC and DA were to look outside their own leaders and positions, they should be able to pick a minority leader who can lead a cabinet that can transform the economy into a…

Gathering strength: members of a movement against illegal immigrants gather in Joburg.

JUSTICE MALALA: Rudderless ANC heading for the rocks

The ANC has failed to condemn anti-immigrant violence and the EFF's Julius Malema has had to step into the breach.

A lot on his mind: President Cyril Ramaphosa.

JUSTICE MALALA: South Africa’s triumphs and its failures

South Africa can be proud of its transition to democracy but it must hang its head regarding corruption, violence and poverty

Geordin Hill-Lewis.

JUSTICE MALALA: This is the time for a one-track mind

Newly elected DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis will be making a mistake if he remains the mayor of Cape Town as well. The position must not be allowed to distract him from the…

Nkululeko Dunga.

JUSTICE MALALA: Red alert for Gauteng

Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi, grabbing at straws to keep the ANC in office in the province, has put a fox in charge of the henhouse by appointing an incompetent EFF politican…