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Ferial Haffajee on Zille: while the ANC Youth League’s statements against her were pathetically patriarchal, so are her action and her words.
The SABC is out of cash and is sitting on a deficit of almost R800-million. The public broadcaster is also seeking a bail-out of R1.5-billion.
Under president Thabo Mbeki, the private sector was disengaged and disenchanted, despite being included in several presidential working groups.
Gauteng Health MEC Brian Hlongwa is too close to power and there are systemic problems with any attempt to cut graft, writes Ferial Haffajee.
Black business is going into this election more politically diverse than it has been since the end of apartheid, writes Ferial Haffajee.
Ferial Haffajee: Possibly one of the finest public documents yet published, the 2025 Scenarios paint three states of our nation in 16 years.
What, I wonder, has become of the audacity of our hope? Could it possibly be true that nations get the leaders they deserve?
Pirates of Polokwane is not only a fun stocking-filler but the work that will mark the year in which Zapiro became our imbongi.
DA leader Helen Zille appropriates non-racialism as the ANC sheds it.
By this time next year Finance Minister Trevor Manuel will most likely not be in office, writes Ferial Haffajee.
Ferial Haffajee looks at the ANC’s health and education policies.
In league with patriarchy: Once a proud fighter for women’s rights, the Women’s League is now reduced to a supporting role.
A new agency aims to change who tells the continent’s story and how it is told, writes Ferial Haffajee.
Is it fair to say the SABC has fallen apart because the centre cannot hold, to quote WB Yeats?
Andile Mngxitama’s critique of the HRC’s finding on blacks-only membership organisations has stirred up a hornet’s nest. Ferial Haffajee asked him why he is so angry.
South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) boss Dali Mpofu suspended his news chief Snuki Zikalala this week because the SABC board was intent on replacing him with Zikalala…
Ferial Haffajee on why she agreed to model for Clover.
The week-long set of Cabinet briefings in February provide a snapshot of the state of government and of the styles and strengths of ministers. An energy crisis is gripping the…
Billionaire philanthropist George Soros made his fortune on the markets and is giving a lot of it to Africa. Last week he hosted an Africa Forum in Dakar on whether the continent…
Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula shafted President Thabo Mbeki’s careful plans for the Scorpions when he announced this week in Parliament that the unit would be…
