You have to hand it to President Jacob Zuma; he has a talent for finding new lows to achieve. This time last year, as we were preparing to publish these report cards, he fired his well-performing finance minister (we graded Nhlanhla Nene at A- after a 2014 B),...
On December 7 the Mail & Guardian published a long-supressed forensic report by auditing firm KPMG that lays out, in staggering detail, President Jacob Zuma`s financial incontinence and names arms companies, banks and business people who were his willing...
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was the most closely watched politician in South Africa in 2016 — a year that will go down in history as one of the worst for the ANC government and ruling party, with most of the disaster caused by his political boss. Ramaphosa could...
Whether Pravin Gordhan likes it or not, he has become a symbol of the fight against the dark forces of corruption as he maintains his tight grip on the public purse and wards off an incredible amount of pressure from rent seekers. Little more than a year ago, a...
The department under Jeff Radebe’s leadership has upheld its record of internal efficiency, receiving a clean audit for 2015-2016 for a third consecutive year. The department was lauded by the auditor general for decreasing irregular expenditure to R200 000 and...
