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Sam Mkokeli is an SA journalist and politics researcher who has worked as political editor of Business Day in the past and now contributes to Business Day, Financial Mail and the Sunday Times.
The party’s Zanufication continues apace
After securing a stunning comeback by helping Ramaphosa win a second term as ANC president, the ‘fossil fuel dinosaur’ seems set for a few more years in the top tiers of…
Once a broad church with a rainbow nation leadership, the ANC has lost its nonracial and ideological moorings
David Mabuza, as usual, is staying in the shadows and keeping his cards close to his chest
The problem for South Africans, however, is that the state does not have the capacity, or interest, to manage Eskom, so the blackouts will continue
Losing one of his most trusted backers will make Ramaphosa more vulnerable
The three-day meeting took a sombre tone, signifying the real possibility that this is the ANC’s last policy conference as governing party
If there’s one person who will savour the moment, it is President Cyril Ramaphosa, for whom these arrests couldn’t have come at a better time
The question of his running mate – the ANC deputy president – may well be the battle to watch. It is a stampede of a thing – with no fewer than six names touted
The uproar has focused on the minister, but a bigger problem is that the public service is steeped in an insidious culture of bad ideas
The former health minister has struggled to build a solid campaign for a decade now — and the ‘step aside’ rule works solidly in Ramaphosa’s favour
One of the ANC’s rising stars has big shoes to fill in her new position
The ruling party has long been plagued with the issue of graft. It’s become a systemic problem
The talk from business leaders is misleading – ‘positive narratives’ are imaginary, just like Monopoly money
The president is mistaken if he thinks he can simply talk SA into becoming a different country
The reality of the mammoth task ahead of him was palpable in his state of the nation address, in both its content and delivery
The justice minister is the youngest member of Ramaphosa’s cabinet, and is seen as a future leader of the ANC. But what do we really know about him?
The minister seems to be chief strategist, chief administrator and chief cheerleader of her own campaign. This is not a winning strategy
Pulling the ANC back from the brink needs an Einstein-like display of strategic thinking — which isn’t something we’ve seen much evidence of
This phase of ubiquitous coalitions is an irreversible trend as SA evolves and prepares in slow motion for a future without the ANC
