Athol Trollip

Lessons from the pitch for parties on a sticky wicket
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Lessons from the pitch for parties on a sticky wicket

African National Congress (ANC), Democratic Alliance, Mmusi Maimane

Lessons from the pitch for parties on a sticky wicket

How might the Steve Smith-led Aussie ball-tampering scandal at Newlands inform some of the key issues affecting the body politic and our economy? The obvious answer is that even the prime minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, on Sunday described the incident as “completely beyond belief” and called for “decisive action” from Cricket Australia. Incidentally, this [...]

By Tony Leon|2018-03-29T08:45:11+00:00March 28th, 2018|African National Congress (ANC), Democratic Alliance, Mmusi Maimane|0 Comments

Back to the politics of the long haul for a post-Zuma DA
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Back to the politics of the long haul for a post-Zuma DA

African National Congress (ANC), Athol Trollip, Cyril Ramaphosa, Julius Malema

Back to the politics of the long haul for a post-Zuma DA

Here's a remarkable and democratically depressing fact: South African voters rarely change their national government. Under the whites-only franchise until 1989, the National Party won an extraordinary 11 consecutive elections. Since the advent of full democracy in 1994, the ANC has won five polls on the trot. The 40-plus percentage points separating the ANC from [...]

By Tony Leon|2018-03-26T10:12:28+00:00March 25th, 2018|African National Congress (ANC), Athol Trollip, Cyril Ramaphosa, Julius Malema|0 Comments