Jacob Zuma


Dear President-elect Zuma…

One of the bright spots of Thabo Mbeki’s checkered legacy was his progressive stance on women, writes Colleen Lowe Morna. What will you do, with the cards already stacked against you?

Jacob Zuma’s three first ladies

The question that has South Africa’s media all of a twitter is: “Who amongst Jacob Zuma’s three wives will be the country’s next first lady?”

South Africa desperately needs a viable Opposition

South Africa faces major challenges, and they can can only be surmounted by the emergence of a strong opposition.

The ANC to continue its domination of South African politics

South Africa’s voters go to the polls today to vote in their fourth post-apartheid election.

Mandela’s Rainbow Nation is not living happily ever after

Post-Apartheid South Africa is not delivering the liberal dream, but a nightmare of Communism and corruption.

South African democracy and turmoil: a primer

With elections due in April 2009 an ANC split would create conditions for a real political opposition party, writes Eric Louw

Blogwatch: the South Africa edition

Zuma for Pres? … The man feared by big business gets up … Thabo Mebeki or Jacob Zuma?