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TIM COHEN: Ramaphosa’s arc from hope to despair

Ramaphosa started out so well, but now …

JUSTICE MALALA: What local politicians can learn from Trump

As coalition talks begin, new leaders must focus on delivery

A poster from the ANC hangs along a road in Soweto, Johannesburg.

Why has Ramaphosa, SA’s most promising president, failed?

The perpetual consensus builder has failed to grasp the nettle of reform

Mbuyiseli Madlanga

JUSTICE MALALA: Why the Madlanga commission could face failure

There is no incentive for good governance and accountability

Director-general of the department of health

Olive Shisana on South Africa’s accountability gap

Olive Shisana on South Africa’s accountability crisis and slow GBV response

Giles Heeger.

Giles Heeger: Holding the human torch in a world of AI 

Giles Heeger says AI is no substitute for human judgment and culture

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

Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Lisa Pellatt

Cookbooks, cosmos, Brad Pitt and The Stone Roses

Bessent’s bond blowout a birthday gift for rand 

SA benefits as Scott Bessent fails to tame the US bond markets

Why the Springbok-All Black rivalry is rugby’s fiercest

The fiercest rivalry: unpacking the Springbok-All Black battle