Is Zuma’s nuclear gamble still in play?
Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement last week had one simple message: we are drowning in debt. So it wasn’t surprising…
Judith February
How does Gigaba stop this endless cycle of expenditure, waste and corruption?
A lot can happen in a year. Ask Pravin Gordhan. In 2016, Pravin Gordhan was Minister of Finance, attempting a delicate and complex economic…
Accused Number One must go
As of Friday, President Jacob Zuma is Accused Number One. The long and the short of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment handed down in…
Idasa could have been useful in these trying times
The authoritative Financial Times dedicated its editorial to South Africa on Tuesday. Under the damning headline, “South Africa’s descent into despotism must stop”, it was a…
Leadership vacuum is costing us dearly
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less…
A perfect study in a lack of accountability
“This presidency is a crime in progress.” Agang’s Andries Tlouamma might have inadvertently come up with the best response during last week’s presidential question…
Active citizenship and good governance – how do we get there?
How do we move forward in the current South African crisis? How do we transform in meaningful ways, to go from a society “becoming”…
What would Sol Plaatje and others have done today?
The diary of Sol T Plaatje, written between 1899 and 1900, makes for fascinating reading. It is the only account by a black person of…
Cape Town: Would Elvis and Fela be happy here?
Given its already lopsided spatial development, the need for building an inclusive Cape Town is now urgent. In 2014 Cape Town was declared World…
The ANC is virtually bereft of substance
Listening to Minister of Police Fikile Mbalula spew forth emptily, during his report-back on “Organisational Renewal” at the ANC’s National Policy Conference, was simply…