Response to State of the Nation Address June 2019
President Cyril Ramaphosa presented his State of the Nation Address, also known as #SONA; on the 20 June 2019 over a month since the ANC...
Fridays with Tim Modise | Cabinet Lekgotla
"The first Cabinet #Lekgotla since President Cyril #Ramaphosa appointed his cabinet met to discuss strategies to stimulate #economic...
Socio-economics at the heart of South Africa's xenophobic shame
Socio-economics should be understood as one of the critical elements that have led to the recent xenophobic violence in South Africa....
South Africa: Ramaphosa’s balancing act
South Africa’s new President Cyril Ramaphosa on 26 February conducted a cabinet reshuffle, removing ten Ministers and three Deputies from...
Gigaba’s tough budget ends Ramaphosa’s honeymoon
Last week South Africa welcomed its new President, Cyril Ramaphosa, whose first State of the Nation Address (SONA) inspired hope for many...
Zuma’s cabinet reshuffle could unleash economic and political storm
After weeks of mounting speculation, President Jacob Zuma today finally pulled the trigger and fired Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and...
South Africa: The platinum canary
The labour strike in the South African platinum belt finally came to end after a grueling five months which cost the workers, investors...
South Africa Elections: EFF in parliament and the power of symbols
“My father was a garden boy; my mother was a kitchen girl, that’s why I am a socialist” Popular South African working class/ socialist...
South Africa Elections: Opposition parties could call into question fairness of elections
The 2014 elections are expected to run smoothly, with very little doubt that they will be free and fair. It has never before happened...
South Africa: Getting to grips with being in second place
Nigeria has recently emerged as the economic giant of the continent, a title quite suitable given its demographic size and vast...
South Africa: Nkandla, South Africa’s own Watergate scandal at play
Thuli Madonsela, the Public Protector, has finally released her report on the upgrades to President Zuma’s private residence in Nkandla....











