“It is certainly easy to be wise after the event, and yet this facile wisdom is sometimes illuminating; for life, after all, is a game of blindman’s buff or a horse race in which some dark horse is always the winner”, writes Arnold Toynbee in his 1934 rendition on the [...]

 Asked about the disciplinary hearing of Jacob Zuma, one of his former allies, who enjoys the respect of Zuma, former Deputy President David Mabuza, responded by indicating that the process should be allowed to run its entire course. He hints that the evidence and counter evidence at the hearing will [...]

Until the suspension or firing of Khumalo as the official leader of the MK Party, the party’s true character was shrouded in mystery. Zuma’s move to position himself as the party’s linchpin starkly reflected the widespread dissatisfaction with the post-NASREC 2017 renewal program. The MK Party, with its carefully chosen [...]

 Published in the Sunday Times on 01 May 2024 and the Business Day 01 May 2024 As our country is in the last laps of selecting leaders from what is on offer, we are saddened to learn of the passing of Ntate Sam Motsuenyane. A thoroughbred from a cohort of [...]