There will certainly be no festive cheer for beleaguered Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande. As he nervously tucks into his Christmas turkey, his mind will be on tens of thousands of students and their demands for free, decolonised education. The rabble-rousing...
Ngoako Ramatlhodi has kept a low profile during his 15 months at the helm of the public service and administration ministry. Since he took over the driver’s seat of a department that is regarded as the engine of government, he has focused mainly on public service...
No one will forget Bathabile Dlamini’s year: weeping in Port Elizabeth during the ANC’s election campaign; her very public near assault on Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula in defence of President Jacob Zuma at the election results centre in August; and her...
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula did not cover herself in glory in 2016. She was defiantly unapologetic about revelations that she had smuggled a Burundian into the country, which gave every appearance of having been a flagrant breaking of the law. As disconcerting as that...
After talking tough about companies that failed to meet employment equity targets in April, Mildred Oliphant ends the year without taking any corrective action. On the other hand the proposed national minimum wage is on the brink of being legislated. Eight months ago,...
