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Two cheers for the rule of law… but we are missing a third
The recent arrests of Prince Andrew and President Yoon, along with a US Supreme Court ruling against Trump, signal a global reassertion of the rule of law. Tony Leon reflects whether it is a similar [...]
Tone-deaf ANC could be punished at the polls… just like NP was in 1981
Just as a National Party minister’s comment about pensioners surviving on R20 a month helped trigger the party’s 1981 electoral decline, today’s ANC leaders are making similarly tone-deaf remarks – from booking hotel baths during [...]
Next DA leader has great chance but also faces danger
Drawing on Boris Johnson’s wisdom about knowing when to leave politics, Tony Leon examines how John Steenhuisen and Helen Zille’s strategic departure creates both electoral opportunities and complex challenges for their successor, who must balance GNU participation [...]
Demarche to Dirco: ANC recipe for diplomatic decline
South Africa’s foreign ministry has squandered the diplomatic capital built during the Mandela era, replacing strategic thinking with impulsive gestures and transforming the country from a respected global mediator into an increasingly isolated fringe player, [...]
