In his poetry book, a South African poet writes,  Because we know not the clouds  The rain is a stranger to us  Rivers are flowing past us Our buckets are empty, we thirst Gardens are dry and dying;  Yet it continues to rain on us In his rendition, he interprets [...]

 The ANC is one of the most influential political movements on the continent. As a construct, it presides as and over a political coalition of communists, capitalists, tribalists, nationalists, and everything in the bread church, as the Zondo Commission has shown what else is inside. Armed with a mandate to [...]

Former President Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for contempt of the Constitutional Court. He retires into history as the first Head of State ever, of the geographical space called South Africa, to be sentenced to a jail term. He will also be the first high profile [...]

In a conversation between Blessing Mphela and Squire Mahlangu about the State of the ANC, a number of insights emerged. These indicated the expanding dearth of an organisation that might be living in the shadow of its glorious past. An organisation that might be feeding itself off its own, it [...]