Now here's a delicious irony
Do we still need the Financial & Fiscal Commission?
South Africa's focus on redistributing wealth often overshadows the critical need for economic growth. The Public Procurement Act should r focus on fostering a productive economy.
Seiso Mohai is named PIC chair after a political fallout unseated the previous board, reviving pressure to depoliticise its leadership
The EFF and MK could decide who runs South Africa’s metros after November 4. An ANC–DA pact is the only alternative to coalition chaos.
Business leaders tell Currency their faith in Ramaphosa has run out – and why the GNU, not the president, anchors confidence
Joburg’s decline is South Africa’s problem. The ‘Monocle Banking Podcast’ explores what’s broken and how the city can recover
Are South Africa’s biggest problems really poverty, inequality and unemployment? Mark Barnes, Tim Cohen and Rob Rose argue for an alternative trio
A larger middle class isn’t just good economics. It’s a strong foundation for a healthy democracy. South Africa should take note
Character is easy in comfort. The real test comes when survival, poverty and pressure force impossible choices
South Africa’s failure to enforce immigration rules shifts the burden onto poor communities, fuelling resentment over jobs, housing, clinics and crime.
Geordin Hill-Lewis leads the DA at a pivotal moment. Can he turn anti-ANC anger into DA votes where his predecessors couldn’t?
Yoweri Museveni’s son represents a new wave of repression sweeping East Africa, raising concerns about democracy, rights and complicity
Fifty years after the Soweto uprisings, Youth Day should demand more than remembrance
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
TFD is the day you symbolically stop working for the government and start working for yourself. Where it falls is a bellwether for the economy
The Constitutional Court’s Phala Phala ruling forces parliament to act and reshapes the ANC succession race, with Ramaphosa’s grip looking tenuous
Phala Phala is back from the dead. The Constitutional Court just revived an impeachment inquiry the ANC thought it had killed in 2022
Zulu Amabutho are marching through the streets with the discipline and force that other anti-migrant groups aren’t showing.
Ramaphosa’s SAPS suspensions look inconsistent, but they’re a calculated bid to hold the centre while structural reform takes hold.
