(Note: I’m back! My sincere thanks Mayibuye Magwaza for maintaining this blog in my absence.)
Eusebius Mckaiser in the Mail & Guardian discusses the future of COPE, a political party that has been so quiet since the election that most people could be excused for forgetting its existence.
Although his diagnosis is pessimistic, I think Mckaiser nevertheless [...]

Mpumelelo Mkhabela asks the following question about the controversy surrounding Jacob Zuma’s latest “Jesus” remarks:
The South African Council of Churches is very angry that the president has repeated his remarks that the ANC will rule until the Second Coming of Jesus. Casual talk in this context is normally used when a person vows that something [...]

Democratic Capitalist speculates on whether Jacob Zuma’s style of leadership will be successful:
[B]y Zuma’s mates own admission, he’s not great with money and yet this is the guy who is expected to negotiate South Africa through the current financial and economic crisis and the social problems that come with it… yet despite his own “short-comings” [...]

Should opposition parties treat Jacob Zuma with a certain degree of respect simply because he occupies the office of the presidency? Michael Trapido, Pierre de Vos and the DA’s own Athol Trollip seem to think so, and I agree. Politeness is one mark of a virtuous and civilised society, and while it is not always [...]

During the campaign, Jacob Zuma mastered the art of telling audiences what they wanted to hear. He would appear before Afrikaans farm communities, black township residents, left-wing university students and business-owning investors, assuring each group equally that their interests would be looked-after by the new government. Zuma was also notoriously reluctant to talk about policy, [...]

Ray Hartley is concerned about budget deficits under Zuma’s increased spending plan:
The ANC’s reaction to news that we are in recession - a pretty shocking one at that with GDP coming in at -6,4% - has been to say that spending on infrastructure and public works must be accelerated. Which is all good and well, [...]

I love the blatant contradiction between this News24 headline and the actual content of the article underneath it.

Michael Trapido takes an optimistic view of Pieter Mulder’s accession to the Zuma cabinet in this post:
During the Zuma presidency land redistribution as well as the plight of farmers in general are likely to become, among others, items requiring top priority. Accordingly, in practical terms, there can be no doubting that Mulder will and should [...]