Who is the one to watch in the ANC when power is so dispersed?

Getting South Africa off the greylist was reason to celebrate, even if we’re still failing to solve too many other huge problems

The social development minister and the deputy president  are examples of senior ANC figures who  don’t inspire confidence

As one municipal crisis after another emerges, there’s a tendency to wait until it gets worse

The only actual action associated with Ramaphosa’s repetitive plans is a wide, loud,  involuntary yawn

He is in the departure lounge, but he doesn’t have a boarding pass, because there’s no-one in the ANC who can take over from him

A police general who embodies the South Africa that could have been exposes the deep rot of misgovernance, corruption and cadre deployment

From unresolved wars and a rising Right to South Africa’s faltering economy and institutional decay, 2025 has exposed deep fractures

Employment started eroding with Jacob Zuma, and job losses have only accelerated since then as the ANC alienates Trump and treats local corporates like pariahs

The Capitec founder’s laudable plan for Curro would not even be necessary if our government had done its duty with basic education