The end of ANC hegemony dooms the Uhuru dividend  The ANC’s hegemonic hold over South African politics, the constitutional and democratic order, is dying. The regional liberation movements who have historically revered its ideational prowess are bemoaning this free fall. When it declared that in the dock on state capture [...]

This was published in TimesLive on 19 July 2025 The ANC‘s policy response to one of its most significant post-apartheid challenges, corruption and state capture, will be remembered as a rare commitment by a political party to restore its integrity with society. Establishing the integrity commission allows ANC members to [...]

This was published in TimesLive on 09 July 2025 As Provincial Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi declared at a significant career press conference that “I will die for this badge”, he sounded like a military operative making a heroic statement. The plain truth, after listening to the entire speech, is that he expressed a [...]

This was published in TimesLive on 02 July 2025 Unless you are familiar with how the GNU works, the ANC-DA staged tensions seem like a straightforward story. The two opponents, fighting for dominance over South Africa‘s liberal spirit and facing a local government election to decide who will win, are about to [...]