The contradictions driving the ANC’s NHI lie
Broken promises that the NHI won’t be funded by new taxes show it’s driven more by electioneering than a genuine plan to fix healthcare.…
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Behind the economic thinking of Paul Mashatile
How does Deputy President Paul Mashatile believe the economy should be run? Pieter du Toit delves into the question in this extract from his…
Birth pains of the GNU: Fears of Ramaphosa’s resignation
In this excerpt from her new book, Mandy Wiener chronicles the days after the ANC’s shock performance in the 2024 national election…
Cyril, and the soft art of the empty promise
Ramaphosa’s promises on cadres, corruption and service delivery just feel like early electioneering. He’s been promising these things for years…
It’s the ANC’s turn to eat
The ANC NEC had a torrid time of things at its meeting this weekend. Not a good look for the political party supposedly leading…
The navel-gazing of the Gucci liberation class
African liberation movements want to know why they’re losing influence. The answers are right in front of them…
Unhappily ever after: The big GNU divorce tease
With the axing of Andrew Whitfield, tensions between the DA and ANC have ratcheted up again…
Oh goody! More talking!
There’s apparently no hurry to get Ramaphosa’s ‘national dialogue’ off the ground. We’ll likely have to wait a year for any programme of action…
Is ANC support below the DA? Well sort of, but not really …
The startling findings of new opinion polls require deeper interrogation. But they leave no doubt that the age of ANC impunity is over…
ANC, claiming it is not ‘anti-business’, mulls ditching VAT hike
Amid the furore over the budget, the ANC is now apparently looking for ways to scrap the VAT hike and find the money to…
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Africa: A continent of limitless potential
Standard Bank’s Keep Growing campaign is a promise to embrace…
Why halting SA’s debt binge is a huge win for the GNU
For the first time in fifteen years, South Africa’s debt-to-GDP…
Keeping his shorts: Hedge fund OG Jean Pierre Verster
The founder of Protea Capital Management made his name shorting…
Now the party is over, who washes the G20 dishes?
The G20 event was marked most by US and Chinese…
