News/Politics

The expectation was that when the African National Congress — being the broad political church that it is — eventually fractured, the split would be between the nationalists and the socialists. It has since become apparent that the critical fault lines in the party are less ideological than they are around personal rivalries based. For […]

The division which arose within ANC ranks, following President Jacob Zuma’s public reprimand of the ANCYL president, takes on new meaning if regard is had to the alleged response of the youth league to a purported decision to charge Julius Malema. In accordance with reports in both the Sunday Times and City Press, Malema has […]

By Stefaans Brümmer amaBhungane’s dictionary entry for the day: grabology n. The systematic, usually practical study of the optimum means to grab as much as you can, while you can, because you can — after all, you’re a pompous political prick and who gives a damn about the poor? amaBhungane’s insight for the day: Simple […]

The excellent article by Matuma Letsoalo and Mmanaledi Mataboge outlining the division within ANC ranks following President Jacob Zuma’s public reprimand of ANCYL President Julius Malema speaks volumes about loyalty to a personality rather than policy. To say that this admonishment was long overdue is probably the understatement of the year and those that are […]

By Samantha Fleming Last week’s political fiascos (gosh, the choice of links is dazzling — Malema, Terre’Blanche, Visagie … or Malema?) brought a new kind of revolution to the social media landscape in South Africa. The frenzy of activity in a week of political theatrics brought new local subscribers to twitter and ramped up comments […]

Upon finding out that I was going overseas last Thursday (April 8 2010) a friend suggested that I was fleeing from Terre’Blanche and Malema. I wish I could have. Terre’Blanche and Malema have haunted my brief traverse through three countries. From the other side of the grave, Terre’Blanche crawled into the TV screen in my […]

So former Eskom chairperson Valli Moosa, under whose watch the ANC entered into a dubious deal linked to the building of the Medupi coal power station, has asked for a post-facto national debate on whether political parties should enter into business. Well, the debate has been raging for a while now since this shameful revelation. […]

Tripartite alliance partner Cosatu has once again advised the African National Congress that the centre of power should be the alliance and not the ANC. This coming at a time when Cosatu and the SACP are frustrated by the lack of material leftward movement on economic policy by the government and not having a substantial […]

I have never met you. I have never talked to you but I have been within close proximity to you. Yes, on both occasions you were smoking cigars. There is nothing wrong with smoking them at all. I for one have smoked cigars many times. None of which I bought with my own money of […]