Gugile Nkwinti

Although Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform Gugile Nkwinti claims to support the expropriation of land without compensation, cases that retard the quick handover of land seem to be increasing. This year, Nkwinti has been enveloped by scandals, among them...

Hlengiwe Mkhize

The new higher education and training minister, Hlengiwe Mkhize, will have her hands full in January explaining how President Jacob Zuma’s grand plan of providing free higher education to the poor and working-class students is going to work. The Heher commission,...

Jacob Zuma

In 2016 President Jacob Zuma’s performance dropped to a level so low our grading system could no longer deal with it. He did such an astonishingly horrific job of running the country and showed such a total and utter disregard for his duties and obligations that there...

Jeff Radebe

With only 13 years left until the National Development Plan’s (NDP’s) 2030 target, Jeff Radebe and his department are still planning, researching and appointing commissions, and implementation appears to be very slow. As usual, the internal performance of the...

Joe Maswanganyi

In March this year, Joe Maswanganyi found himself moved overnight from being a backbencher in Parliament to being entrusted with the country’s network of road, rail and maritime infrastructure when he became transport minister in President Jacob Zuma’s midnight...