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Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Spinning out of control: McKenzie’s formula for disaster

SA’s sport minister is speeding towards Formula One glory — never mind the potholes, power grid or the fiscal cliff

On balance, the varying spatial voter patterns and perceptions of government are perhaps indicative of positive experiences of rural voters under an ANC-led government, notwithstanding what others view as unforgivable failures.(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Don’t dismiss ANC’s rural voters as ignorant

Critics don’t understand why citizens in the poorest provinces would still back the ruling party

Limpopo Premier Stan Mathabatha

Corruption-busting Limpopo premier not fazed by fault-finders in his own party

Despite internal calls for him to step down, Stan Mathabatha vows to keep ‘cleaning up the mess’.

​The EFF must shun the DA and hop into bed with the ANC to press for policy change

‘The result shows that the main opposition parties were put in the pound seats by the ANC voters who didn’t show up on election day.’

Zuma is reined in by top brass

Top ANC members are putting their foot down and demanding that all key appointments be made through the ANC deployment committee.

It will not be a surprise if further attacks on the Constitution and its custodian, the judiciary, take place if the ANC and its leader consider that the ruling party’s wisdom is challenged.

Pursuit of the politics of pain will blind us to the future

More threatening to the constitutional vision for a future South Africa is a form of identity politics seizing people’s minds.

SA must free itself from the minority rule of plutocrats

The country’s struggle is not over – a small cabal of rich people in the ruling party, which is revealing its democratic deficit, has taken over.

The EFF refused to leave Parliament after chanting ‘pay back the money’

EFF walks out of Parliament disciplinary hearing

Julius Malema and other EFF MPs walked out of a disciplinary hearing about the "pay back the money" debacle, saying it was contaminated by the ANC.

‘The ANC probably has the greatest potential to achieve the greatest good for the country at this given point in time.’

Opinion: ANC needs to be broken to be made strong

Khaya Dlanga refuses to believe the ANC is trying to destroy SA but adds the ruling party’s carelessness and arrogance might derail the country.

Opposition parties have rejected a proposal put forward by the ANC chief whip that a motion of no confidence in the president be debated in February.

Zuma: SA needs education on democracy

President Jacob Zuma says many South Africans need to be educated about democracy because they do not understand how it works.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

[From our archives] Madikizela-Mandela: The ANC is bleeding

Struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has told ANC members that they need to halt the "haemorrhaging" of the ruling party.

Former ANC treasurer general Mathews Phosa. (Gallo)

Phosa admits ANC has ‘dropped the ball on nation building’

ANC treasurer general Mathews Phosa has acknowledged that the party has neglected interaction with minorities and needs to become more inclusive.

Former ANC treasurer general Mathews Phosa. (Gallo)

Phosa admits ANC ‘dropped the ball on nation building’

ANC treasurer general Mathews Phosa has acknowledged that the party has neglected interaction with minorities and needs to become more inclusive.

ANC debate: Documents reveal a party filled with tensions

ANC debate: Documents reveal a party filled with tensions

A Wits academic says the ANC policy documents to be debated at its policy conference next month show a party filled with tensions.

Free State Premier Ace Magashule wants to retain his position in an election that his opposition claims is fraught with inconsistencies.

Free State, Limpopo premiers face provincial upheaval

Free State premier Ace Magashule is facing down disgruntled ANC members who are hoping to oust him at the party’s provincial conference in June.

Case to be made for single police service

Case to be made for single police service

The ANC’s envisaged centralisation of policing has its supporters, but others remain sceptical.

We talk to editor-in-chief Nic Dawes about what we can expect from Zuma at this year’s State of the Nation address.

State of play

We talk to editor-in-chief Nic Dawes about what we can expect from Zuma at this year’s State of the Nation address.

Debate over Scorpions gathers momentum

Debate on the future of the Scorpions gained new steam on Monday as the government released a report from an inquiry it had commissioned into the elite detective unit. The…

Mpshe muses over future of Scorpions

The acting head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Mokotedi Mpshe, on Monday said he was puzzled by statements saying the Scorpions are to be ”disbanded” on the one…

A serious slap in the face

Pity the judges of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA). Fifteen years ago this court — then led by the chief justice — was the highest court of appeal in South Africa. The prestige…