South Africans are no strangers to political excess. But there is a difference between excess and abdication bordering on treason. The recent episode following the US’ unlawful seizure of Venezuela ...

In his majestic history of the ANC, The Founders, the historian André Odendaal writes of the party founders: “The early ...

South Africa condemned the actions of the US as the UN Security Council met to discuss the situations in Venezuela, dividing ...

South African political commentator Pieter Kriel shared his analysis on why the US overthrew Venezuela's government, linking ...

In 2025, John Matisonn’s reporting for BizNews delivered some of the year’s sharpest political insights—from shifting party ...

Colluding with high-level crime syndicates, disbanding the political killings task force to protect the powerful, and the implosion of the police’s crime intelligence unit under his watch. These are ...

There is a peculiar malaise gnawing at the heart of South African democracy. It is not the overt corruption or the brazen incompetence that so often dominate headlines, but something more insidious, ...

Security is expected to be tight when (now-retired) acting Deputy Chief Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga’s commission of inquiry calls its first witness this week: KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner ...

Political party leaders in South Africa have extended their wishes to the nation for a prosperous and hopeful New Year, ...

Amanda Gouws receives funding from the National Research Foundation through her SARChI Chair in Gender Politics. Joseph Ayodele Kupolusi receives funding from the National Research Foundation through ...