[Source: Daily Maverick by Farid Abdulhamid.]
Political upheavals and scandals aside, it appears that Southern Africa’s ruling hegemonic parties remain a force to reckon with owing to their solid organisational structure and their resilient, hegemonic nature largely boosted by their historical role in the Pan-African liberation. Read more
[Source: Daily Maverick by Pierre de Vos.]
Business Day has reported that financial institutions may approach the Constitutional Court if the South African government forces pension funds to invest in bankrupt state-owned enterprises. Read more
[Source: Daily Maverick by Marianne Thamm.]
Major-General Sandra Malebe-Thema, former head of SAPS Basic Police Development, should be summarily dismissed for racist comments she made at the SAPS Academy Oudtshoorn in 2016, a SAPS disciplinary hearing has recommended. Malebe-Thema is also implicated in the Life Esidimeni scandal that led to the slow death of 144 vulnerable and dependent patients in 2016. Read more
[Source: Business Day by Matthew Savides.]
There were more protests in 2018 than any other year since 2005 — but analysts are worried that there could be another spike this election year. Read more