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Keeping the sign up: SA must stop living the lie to join middle power nations GalleryKeeping the sign up: SA must stop living the lie to join middle power nations
African National Congress (ANC), Canada, Cyril Ramaphosa, Donald Trump, International Politics, Iran, Mark Carney, South African Politics, Trump, World Politics
Keeping the sign up: SA must stop living the lie to join middle power nations
Drawing on Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Davos call for nations to stop “living the lie,” Tony Leon reflects on South Africa’s contradictions between sovereignty rhetoric and reality – from outsourcing naval exercises to China while [...]
From opposition to coalition: Can the DA survive its govt partnership? GalleryFrom opposition to coalition: Can the DA survive its govt partnership?
African National Congress (ANC), Corruption, Cyril Ramaphosa, Democratic Alliance, EFF, Elections, GNU, Helen Zille, Jacob Zuma, John Steenhuisen, South African Politics
From opposition to coalition: Can the DA survive its govt partnership?
Former DA leader Tony Leon argues the party faces an existential identity crisis as it navigates between its historic role as effective opposition and its current position as part of the GNU, with its upcoming congress [...]
From Berlin to Simon’s Town: Euphemisms can’t hide SA’s drift
Tony Leon traces a line from the Berlin Wall to Simon’s Town, arguing that South Africa’s choices now side with repression over freedom – risking trade, investment and diplomatic fallout. My late parliamentary colleague Harry [...]
Welcome to a ruleless world of 2026: Silence in Caracas, hypocrisy in Pretoria GalleryWelcome to a ruleless world of 2026: Silence in Caracas, hypocrisy in Pretoria
African National Congress (ANC), Cyril Ramaphosa, Donald Trump, EFF, International Politics, Iran, Iraq, Maduro, Pretoria, Russian War, Trump, Ukraine, Venezuela, World Politics
Welcome to a ruleless world of 2026: Silence in Caracas, hypocrisy in Pretoria
With the rules-based order in retreat, Tony Leon argues SA’s hard-won impeccable moral authority has been squandered once too often. Just as well, given the extraordinary, arguably extra-legal, events over the weekend in Caracas, that South Africa’s [...]
