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JUSTICE MALALA: Why the Madlanga commission could face failure

There is no incentive for good governance and accountability

Wicknell Chivayo

MICHAEL MARCHANT: The mystery of the greylist and the Zimbabwean billionaire

The South African probe into R5bn in assets must not stall

ROB ROSE: Crime, punishment and the King code

South Africa needs ethics, not new laws

EDITORIAL: South Africa’s long, disastrous experiment with impunity

When crime goes unpunished, the law loses its bite

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

NATASHA MARRIAN: How the state learnt to do less with more

Perfecting the art of looking busy but doing nothing

STUART THEOBALD: Seize the moment to fix procurement

We have the chance now to draft proper legislation

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

Business can’t replace the state

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LETTER: Yet another ANC insult for South Africa’s voters

On November 4 there will be a reckoning

Sanral under a cloud over ‘dishonest’ R9.5bn tender

Sanral faces subpoenas, suspensions, and fraud probes after its R9.5bn road maintenance tender was declared unconstitutional, with a judge terming its conduct 'dishonest,…

Real Politics: The DA’s municipal gamble: same plumbing, new plumber

As ideological lines between the DA and the ANC become blurred, the real contest will be over credibility: the ANC says it can renew itself and finally implement reforms promised…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa address the media with EU leaders in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

How Ramaphosa lost business

Business leaders tell Currency their faith in Ramaphosa has run out – and why the GNU, not the president, anchors confidence

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

Real Politics: the poor are paying for immigration failures

South Africa’s failure to enforce immigration rules shifts the burden onto poor communities, fuelling resentment over jobs, housing, clinics and crime.

Idac head Andrea Johnson. Gallo Images/Brenton Geach

Prosecutors flip-flop over June 30 ‘threat’

The biggest victim of South Africa’s law-enforcement turf war may be the public’s faith in the rule of law

Sisisi Tolashe and President Cyril Ramaphosa at the ANC 5th National General Council on Day 01 on December 08, 2025 in Boksburg, South Africa. Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo

Real Politics: the ANC can’t afford to lose Ramaphosa

The NEC has closed ranks behind Ramaphosa after the Phala Phala ruling. Not out of loyalty, but because too many ANC careers depend on his survival

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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ – ChatGPT, who’s Chad Du Plessis?

Rob Rose and Zukile Majova dig into the lawlessness of the March on March movement, Sisisi Tolashe and Solly Malatsi’s disastrous AI policy

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks with journalists after meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)

Real Politics: there is logic in Ramaphosa’s madness

Ramaphosa’s SAPS suspensions look inconsistent, but they’re a calculated bid to hold the centre while structural reform takes hold.

Transnet Eskom stalled. Photo by Gallo Images – Misha Jordaan / Freepik / Rawpixel / Currency collage

How Eskom and Transnet are blocking growth reforms  

Transnet and Eskom are acting as both referee and player, says BLSA, while political interference at municipalities is as bad as ever

NHI broken. Rawpixel/Currency collage

NHI is a fantasy fix for a broken system 

Alex van den Heever says NHI lacks the legal, fiscal and constitutional foundations to work, while urgent health reforms have been sidelined.

Post Office, Post Bank. Rawpixel/Currency collage

Can Postbank survive as SAPO liquidation closes in? 

An inexplicable R4.2bn write-off has blown a hole in Postbank’s capital position – and may finally scupper its banking ambitions