Zweli Mkhize, Jacob Zuma and the hubris of ANC succession games

Read More Knowing the best time to leave the stage is difficult for most men in both political and corporate office. Let’s start with the story of the executive, fearing irrelevance. Some, if not most, who’ve made it their life’s work to build their companies into successful corporations are often most terrified by the prospect […]

Concourt dismisses Zuma’s bid to appeal Judge Maya’s decision

Read More The constitutional court has rejected former president Jacob Zuma’s application for leave to appeal the decision by then appellate court president Mandisa Maya in May to reconsider that court’s decision to deny him leave to appeal in his failed bid to challenge the standing of state prosecutor Billy Downer. The apex court said […]

Truss says she has ‘right plan’ on economy and will not change course

Read More Liz Truss has insisted her government’s economic policy is on the right course despite the need for emergency intervention from the Bank of England, saying she is “prepared to take difficult decisions” and will not change policy. In a round of interviews with BBC local radio stations, her first public statements since warnings […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin to annex 4 Ukrainian regions in Friday ceremony

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday will officially begin annexing four more regions in Ukraine in a signing ceremony following the conclusion of self-run referenda this week that the West and Kyiv have decried as a sham. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday the ceremony would take place in Moscow “on agreements on the accession […]