Prioritising youth unemployment at the State of the Nation Address
The State of the Nation Address (SONA) will be the seventh delivered by President Ramaphosa. It is a critical time to address the country,...
How is the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme supposed to work?
The Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme (PESP) has been marred by a funds scandal. Most recently, the National Arts Council (NAC) overspent their budget within...
Rising vigilantism: South Africa is reaping the fruits of misrule
Once relegated to the margins of South African politics, anti-immigrant activism has gone mainstream. Several anti-immigrant groups including Operation Dudula, All Trucker Foundation and...
The GBVF Fund annual report is out
In February 2021, the president Cyril Ramaphosa announced the launch of the Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Response Fund 1. Now the annual report...
What you need to know about the Political Party Funding Act
The Political Party Funding Act has been getting a lot of attention since president Cyril Ramaphosa signed a proclamation on the commencement in 2021....
Statement: Protesters continue to demand President and Finance Minister implement Basic...
On Tuesday, 18 October 2022, protesters held giant letters spelling out the Basic Income Grant in front of the Union Buildings calling on him...
We don’t buy into the rainbowist fairytale of Cyril Ramaphosa
Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa was supposed to be Nelson Mandela's successor. Now finally at 65, 'Mandela's heir' is the new president of South Africa. But...
How to become the president of the ANC
The African National Congress (ANC) will from 16 to 20 December hold its 54th national conference, where it will vote in a new president...
Digital Vibes report finds Dr Zweli Mhkize’s denial of allegations “untrue”
Months after receiving the Digital Vibes report, president Cyril Ramaphosa has finally released the report. The report was the investigation into the National Department...
Before Parliament, Ramaphosa Shows He Doesn’t Get It On GBV
OPINION
“Women should not have to protect themselves from men. They should feel safe and secure with us as men,” said President Cyril Ramaphosa during...
#SONA2021: A fatigued Ramaphosa urges South Africa to march forward together
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on February 11. It was markedly different from previous SONAs. The parliamentary...
Private sector gets on board for fight against GBV
In 2019, over 1000 people marched around the Sandton CBD with a call for the private sector to fund the fight against gender-based violence...
Jacques Pauw’s Our Poisoned Land: An Extract
In his compelling narrative style, Jacques Pauw picks up where he left off in The Presidents Keepers. Our Poisoned Land: Living in the Shadows...
Healthcare workers reflect on their Covid vaccine experiences
There was a sense of jubilation as people around South Africa in mid February as we watched nurse Zoliswa Gidi-Dyosi become the first person...
The 55th ANC National Conference: explained in less than 700 words
Every five years - just over a year before the national elections - the ruling African National Congress (ANC) gathers for its national conference....
State capture report chronicles extent of corruption in South Africa. But...
No self-respecting theatre critic would dream of reviewing a three-Act play during the interval at the end of the first Act. But that is...
The results are finally in #LGE2021
It has been an intense and busy few weeks but now finally the results of the 2021 local government elections are out. At the...
So what is the difference between a state of disaster and...
For the past two years, South Africans have been hearing a lot about the state of disaster. The president announced the country would be...
Phala Phala Gate explained in 600 words
President Cyril Ramaphosa has a lot to answer for. On November 30, the Section 89 Independent Panel released its report investigating whether the President...
In 600 words: South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Investment Plan
At the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC/COP27) happening in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, president Cyril Ramaphosa presented South...
