Jacob Zuma is subsiding into a pitiful caricature of his former virile self, says the writer.
A black-swan event, such as Covid-19, is when systemic flexibility, political agility and - dare one say it? - national character come into play, writes William ...
But his economic measures speak tellingly of a fiscus bled dry
How a conflict between the unions and the Ramaphosa administration plays out is as important for South Africa as is that between the Ramaphosa faction and the state-capture ...
A vindictive, protracted and costly campaign by Western Cape Health against three young doctors for “unlawfully removing” chairs is at last over.
Makgoba is one of the most complicated figures in our contemporary public life. The right-wing Freedom Front Plus oppose his Eskom appointment but from an unusual ...
If nothing is now done to rectify the problem - suspension and a speedy investigation - then one has a national, constitutional crisis that goes to the heart of ...
A nation gatvol of government crises, institutional collapses, and political scandals was looking forward to a happy holiday. Instead, Eskom briefly imposed an unprecedented ...
South Africans must take “collective responsibility” for the failures of their leaders. That’s the latest refrain from within President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration, ...
In a month, President Cyril Ramaphosa will mark two years in the presidency. Let’s be clear; it’s “mark”, not celebrate, writes William Saunderson-Meyer.
For years the Human Rights Commission has been criticised for its apparent race bias - its speedy and unambiguous findings against white-trash bigots, while dragging ...
Xenophobia, the x-word, has joined the k-word as unutterable in civilised society
While Ramaphosa might be the only person in the government who could save South Africa. Unfortunately, he also appears to lack the courage to do so.
According to the AG’s report, more than a third of municipalities are bankrupt, 18 are under direct administration. Only 8% received clean audits
South Africans, after a decade of disaster and gloom, could do with some optimism and encouragement
More intractable is the other major hurdle, that of the NPA?s competence. Batohi inherits an agency that is dysfunctional, divided and neglected.
If you want to gauge where we stand in President Donald Trump’s universe, it’s written large in his choice of the new US ambassador to this country.
It should not be about race. Nor gender. Nor family, social connections nor party membership. Merit should be the only criterion when making senior appointments. ...
The ANC is in a state of ideological paralysis, it knows what government should do, but it is too timid to do it.
There will be “growth enhancing” reforms, public spending will be “reprioritised” to create jobs, infrastructure will be funded and there will be investments in ...
If the opposition wins and Zanu-PF, with the support of the Zimbabwean military, refuses to hand over power, SA will huff and puff - but do nothing
The criminalising of words is not easy, there is an enormous degree of subjectivity and confusion, especially in a country with 11 official languages.
The truth is that nothing will change until it has to. Like Britain, SA has to topple into the abyss and then pick itself up and find a way out.
If only the Human Rights Council would act so energetically in cases of black racism directed at coloured, Indians and whites, writes William Saunderson-Meyer.
Capetonians should know that the drip-torture of their sense of superiority has left their fellow citizens with inferiority complexes and a deep-seated envy.