Aaron Motsoaledi is aware that the political consequences of firing him are greater than the repercussions of retaining him as health minister, some analysts argue. He made no secret that he did not approve of President Jacob Zuma’s leadership style this year. In May,...
What a way to end the year, Minister Angie Motshekga. The release of the Progress International Literacy Study (Pirls) is not a great Christmas present. You admitted in your speech that the results were disappointing. The Pirls report told us that 78% of pupils in...
One of the many casualties of President Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet of musical chairs is Ayanda Dlodlo, who has been moved twice in just seven months.Dlodlo had the honour of being one of the longest-serving deputy ministers in Zuma’s executive as second in command in the...
She blamed everyone else. The media was causing panic, she said. Two of her top officials were out to get her, she said. The treasury was causing delays, she said. Parliament was distracting her from her job with its questions, she said. But the Constitutional Court...
Comrade new president, the cupcake who urges concomitant action, Cyril Ramaphosa. It’s difficult to determine what exactly Ramaphosa did as deputy president of South Africa this year, when everything he has done has been so coloured by his play for the presidency of...
