Sunday Times Politics Weekly
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'I will take back my ANC to honour our ancestors' — Jacob Zuma
Khama wants probe into public finances after Masisi’s ousting
'It's a coalition – the ANC knew it would go with the DA'
‘White racists need trauma healing’: Thuli Madonsela
Limpopo ANC secretary wants Cyril Ramaphosa to serve full term
ANCYL's Ngudle warns a revolution is coming against white South Africans if industrialisation is not achieved
Zuko Godlimpi says his generation can revive dying ANC
How we saved Eskom from collapse: utility chair Mteto Nyati
'This ship [ANC] is sinking': Panyaza Lesufi
ANC bigwigs face the music over state capture
GNU, DA, race, life and family: Interview with Helen Zille
In conversation with Zingiswa Losi
Helen Zille will collapse government of national unity, Mantashe tells Sunday Times
ANC opts for GNU – governing models and coalition partner options it had – and implications
Maimane says SA is responsible for influx of Zimbabweans
DA should have burnt the ANC flag instead, says Herman Mashaba
Why independent candidate Anele Mda is fearlessly taking on the 'big guns'
Zuma is out for revenge and has nothing to lose
Understanding Elections with Ebrahim Fakir
Backing Zuma my worst mistake: Zwelinzima Vavi
Israel-Hamas war: the case for cutting ties with Israel
Did Zondo’s state capture recommendations fall on deaf ears?
Mangosuthu Buthelezi - The man who tried to ride two horses
'SA is not ready for a white president' - FF Plus leader Pieter Groenewald
Why Zimbabwe needs a negotiated settlement, not another rigged election
ANCYL president Collen Malatji chats about his political rise, diagnoses governing party
Deputy president Paul Mashatile talks national issues and the politics of office
Is the Moonshot Pact pie in the sky or will it reset SA politics?
Joburg speaker Colleen Makhubele talks about politics, COPE factions, ambition to be president and more
SA’s 'neutrality' rubbed global powers the wrong way
'I'm ready to be president' - EFF leader Julius Malema
Why King Misuzulu and Prince Buthelezi dispute can lead to violence in KZN if not handled with care
Fikile Mbalula on ANC governance going into 2024, Ace Magashule, Putin's visit
Cholera crisis: what to do with non-performing local government?
Why Gayton McKenzie thinks he’ll be SA president and six things he stands for
Arrest Putin or not — has SA’s foreign policy lost its way?
ActionSA lays down the line for coalitions
How Ramaphosa can defuse the Putin arrest hot potato
Leaked Phala Phala report, consequences for president and predicament for retired arms deal judges
Ramaphosa’s cabinet reshuffle was to please ANC, not the country
Without political will, can South Africa’s corruption crisis be overcome?
The crime problem: why it persists, trends, solutions and the political will
Coalition chaos — why we must hold elected politicians accountable
We all know the solution: get the politicians out of Eskom
Will forcing politicians to use public services solve service delivery woes?
Zweli Mkhize on ANC presidency, Digital Vibes and Cyril Ramaphosa
A fish rots from the head & the ANC's NEC nominees are giving off a stink
One on one with ANC treasurer-general contender Pule Mabe
Masualle on why Ramaphosa must go, ANC factions, NEC, Mkhize as president
Mdumiseni Ntuli diagnoses the ANC, chats Zuma incarceration fabrications
Mashatile talks positions, SOEs, Phala Phala, former presidents
Mokonyane alleges assassination attempts, talks contestation, weeps over Duarte
We need to transition from generation that fought for freedom, says Lamola
I need to put on my big girl panties and keep going: Phalatse
Debate - Ministers salaries may be market competitive, but have they earned it?
Infighting in Gauteng’s coalition metro’s and the ANC’s leader ship race
Eskom’s new chair makes coal costs first target
New board chairperson says he plans to restore Eskom to an award-winning utility
Eskom - The 'dark side' of political power
The ANC's new electoral rules and their continued shortfalls
Is it possible to hold Zuma to account, despite the risk of unrest?
What will Kenya's recent election mean for SA?
Contestation for the Zulu throne is set to intensify
Why SA lambasted Eswatini government spokesperson for his comments on crime
Step-aside issue set to dominate policy conference and influence ANC leadership
A province run by personal politics - what to expect from the ANC KZN conference
Gun control in SA: To arm or not to arm?
“The state remains captured,” says Madonsela while explaining the need for amnesty for state capture foot soldiers
Farmgate - 'the ANC needs to step aside', says analyst
Is SA ripe to be captured... again?
Ramaphosa vs Fraser - disinformation campaign or presidential scandal?
Zweli Mkhize’s dangerous tribalistic approach to winning the ANC presidency
The problem of whiteness and what SA should be doing about it
Now we know SA was captured, but will knowing change anything?
SA's political shift to racial & ethnic tribalism
Ramaphosa's Catch-22 in dealing with 'ethically challenged' ANC members
The rise of vigilantism and the decay of formalised governance
SA’s obligation to foreign allies - “Let’s solve our own problems”
Government's failures are to blame for tensions between locals and foreigners, say commentators
ANC National Conference: Who are the frontrunners, in a leaderless ANC?
SA's foreign policy flip-flopping sends poor message to allies
Is the ANC too big to fail or to broken not to?
Is the State of the Nation Address just an empty ritual? Should we abolish it?
The uncertain future of prosecutions, for those implicated in the state capture reports
Is Lamola really too young to lead or has the ANC let down its youth leaders?
When government doesn't do its job, you can't blame the constitution: Mohammed Valli Moosa
Continent unites against the West after Ramaphosa's West African tour
Coalition talks cause division & Eskom hangs SA's hopes on renewables
Public coalition statements are no more than bluster
Pre-election analysis: the number of loyalist voters is on the decline
Tracking campaign efforts & top ANC official fight for their political lives
The DA sinks its own campaign & Ramaphosa loses another backer in the ANC
Behind the DA's poster own-goal & how strong is SA's judiciary?
Elections: Main party manifestos and the Digital Vibes scandal
Elections: besmirching the IEC's good name & COSATU continues to back the ANC
Elections: Political violence begins again & the new plague of undercover campaigning at vaccination sites
Who is to blame for SA's election blunder & what are the ramifications of Zuma's medical parole?
The ANC's electoral candidate crisis & SA's unchecked borrowing spree
Zuma requests donations to service legal fees while SA’s unemployment skyrockets
Parliament's new speaker threaten to upset the ANC's applecart & unpacking SA's "debt elephant"
Former President Kgalema Motlanthe explains why the ANC needs a National Electoral Committee
A rogue Minister and an absent Deputy President
Reshuffle and relief: unpacking the ANC's response to the unrest
The ANC's left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing
Unpacking SA's looting crisis: Would pardoning Zuma help or hinder efforts to bring calm to SA?
Zuma's arrest presents Ramaphosa with a golden opportunity to shape the ANC in his image
‘Those defending Jacob Zuma have no moral basis on which to stand’ — political analyst
Is SA on the verge of becoming a failed state?
Money makes the world go round - A broke ANC and a desperate diamond digging populous
Another Covid-19 corruptions scandal: Is it naïve to expect politicians to be ethical?
Is the ANC doomed because it failed to raise a new generation of moral leaders?
A lie of politicians - unpacking SA's latest corruption scandals
Public sector wages: Government blinked first — what does this mean for SA?
Can Luthuli House bounce back without a split?
‘Ramaphosa is a boxer’ — what the step-aside saga says about President Cyril Ramaphosa’s power within the ANC
Ramaphosa's time in the hot seat, Ace's head on the chopping block & do politicians need to be educated?
What's behind Zuma's legal team's withdrawal, who will be left if step-aside action is taken & the burglary at
Zondo's state capture circus, ANC factional battles & Judge Pillay in the hot seat
Andile Lungisa talks about prison and continues to defend Jacob Zuma
Trucking protests: justified or economic sabotage?
Zondo Commission vs Bushiri: SA's biggest political stories of the week
Ace and race: SA's biggest political stories of the week
Coalition chaos and state capture spice
Tough times don't touch SA politicians
Zuma vs Zondo: He won't be able to run from the commission forever
Zondo Commission begins to bear fruit as asbestos audit arrests wow SA
'It's ANC first' - historic misuse of state funds continues
The politics of natural hair & the DA's new redress policy
NEC meeting dominated by discussions on the scourge of corruption in the ANC-led government
Ramaphosa's open letter against corruption rings hollow
Debate dates for the DA, SA faces Covid-19 corruption shame
Is SA ready for lockdown level 2?
ANC has no teeth when dealing with corruption
What racial politics does the DA stand for in 2020?
Political lip-service gets paid to GBV yet again
Lockdown reflection: how has the ANC handled the global pandemic?
Political news of the week: President vs public protector
ANC must take some responsibility for technical recession
Public servants won't take Mboweni's budget lying down
SONA and its fall out: who runs parliament in 2020?
Following the president: Africa calls for Ramaphosa to take charge
Can Portia Derby turn around Transnet and DA loses control - again
That's a wrap: The 2019 political year
SAA is past salvation, but who do we blame?
VBS helps Malema loot millions and #SexInTheCity goes viral
Race muddies the discussion around competence in SA politics
ANC MEC’s car hire 'scam' & the DA’s ‘non-racialism’ isn’t convincing
EFF politicizes the Rugby World Cup - Let the nation celebrate
Political winds of change: Could anyone contest Malema as head of the EFF and will the DA be a "whitewash"?