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The NEC has closed ranks behind Ramaphosa after the Phala Phala ruling. Not out of loyalty, but because too many ANC careers depend on…
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Real Politics: Phala Phala ruling opens ANC leadership race
The Constitutional Court’s Phala Phala ruling forces parliament to act and reshapes the ANC succession race, with Ramaphosa’s grip looking tenuous…
Buffaloed: Phala Phala comes charging back
Phala Phala is back from the dead. The Constitutional Court just revived an impeachment inquiry the ANC thought it had killed in 2022…
Why Godongwana had to rebuke Morero on Joburg’s debt crisis
Fund manager Ian Scott argues Joburg should be priced deep in junk. The finance minister’s letter to the mayor just made his case…
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Rob Rose and Zukile Majova dig into the lawlessness of the March on March movement, Sisisi Tolashe and Solly Malatsi’s disastrous AI policy…
The centre is holding as the DA offers up a new generation
While the rest of the world has been riven by populism and the rise of extremists, South Africa has embraced the political centre…
Real Politics: Hill-Lewis is new. The DA’s problem isn’t
New DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has refreshed the party’s image – but not its politics. That gap may cost it the voters it needs…
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