The past year has only served to reinforce what little faith there is in Faith Muthambi. Top of the pile of failures has been her inability or lack of desire to intervene in the ongoing scandals that have engulfed the national broadcaster. As the public broadcaster’s...
South Africa is reeling after two years of drought. A third dry season is underway. Disaster has been slightly abated by an excellent bulk water system that stores water in times of plenty. Water is being released for consumption in big cities. But under Mokonyane,...
“Brace yourselves for massive legislative and structural alterations to both the private and public healthcare systems in order to prepare for National Health Insurance (NHI),” Aaron Motsoaledi warned in his budget vote speech this year. But several health activists...
Undoubtedly, Senzeni Zokwana’s stewardship of the agriculture, forestry and fisheries department will be judged largely on how he has handled South Africa’s worst drought in several decades. Kicking off the 2016 calendar year, Zokwana went on record as saying that the...
The mystery behind what exactly the responsibilities of the department of women in the presidency are remains unsolved. Earlier this year, the Mail & Guardian took to the streets of Johannesburg to ask ordinary people if they knew who Susan Shabangu, the...
