Cyril’s fine words can’t hide his failure to save SA from Zuma gang
“Never make predictions, least of all about the future,” was [...]
Purge boosts the narrative that the era of impunity is over, but obstacles remain
“Confidence,” opined former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers, “is the [...]
Bold movers or losers? The Cyril and Mmusi conundrum
Commentators should be indebted to The Times (of London) ace [...]
Cyril assumes power – but not over his own party
'Dual use" is the national security theory on the dilemma [...]
Ramaphosa, Eisenhower ace the same hole – up to a point
At the height of America’s postwar supremacy in the 1950s, [...]
IEC shows mediocrity has become the norm in SA
The biggest loser in Wednesday’s election was an institution, not [...]
We all know that Ace is far from alone. Now let’s do something about it
The recent Easter weekend coincided with the intensification of campaigning [...]
Vote for the party of obstructionists? Surely you jest
The old gag "the problem with political jokes is that [...]
More votes for opposition could shift SA from its mix of toxic politics and bad economics
In 2014 Financial Times columnist Philip Stephens went to Moscow. [...]
SA’s parlous politics are more ‘Game of Thrones’ than Notre Dame
On Monday night, in the real world and in one [...]
When SA stops chasing away miners and tourists, we can talk of a new dawn
I am currently, literally, an ocean away from the homeland [...]
Running out of options, Cyril plays the struggle card
Did Cyril Ramaphosa morph in the past few days from [...]
Keep SA’s lights on? We’re too busy having fun
A few weeks ago, after a family commemoration, I was [...]
How DA can play the coalition game while sidelining the calamitous EFF
I once compared being leader of the opposition to making [...]
ANC’s brazen hypocrisy on Venezuela reveals its warped view of the world
“Imagine,” a Western diplomat from a leading investor nation in [...]
Of economic windfalls and political disasters
Karl Lagerfeld, the fashion genius at the house of Chanel [...]
Do Cyril and Tito dare break the racial quota taboo at Eskom?
Thursday is the most downcast budget day since the arrival [...]
Cyril Ramaphosa can take valuable pointers from Roosevelt’s play book
A year ago today, Cyril Ramaphosa was inaugurated as SA [...]
The rise of the political professional has paralysed SA parties
And then there were none. That was the thought that [...]
The voices we hear – and don’t hear – as poll fever bites
The rancorous tone of the election campaign here, even before [...]
The economic miracle of a land dubbed ‘ardently capitalist communist’
A couple of weeks ago, from 10,000km away, I had [...]
ANC’s overblown manifesto has a Clinton-Lewinsky feel to it
Even if you could believe the anti-corruption pledge in the [...]