Tribute
Tribute to Comrade Ngawonke Bulala
Bamanye Matiwane remembers Ngawonke Bulala: SASCO cadre, student leader, pharmacist, youth organiser and community builder.
Argument, context & ideas
Analysis & opinion
Contributions, political argument and sourced analysis. Read the author’s perspective alongside the public record.
Opinion
The ANC: pragmatism in renewal
Bongani Mabusela examines the ANC’s organisational crisis, class relations and whether renewal requires a deeper reconstruction of the movement.
Opinion
When Factionalism Replaces Comradeship
The cost of patronage from campus politics to the wider organisation. Sonwabile Ngoza on political education, accountability and independent leadership.
Opinion
The ANC’s response to the fuel price shock
Lukhanyo “Bhanda” Mtshingana argues that support for the Equalisation Fund can cushion households, businesses and supply chains against the rising cost of fuel.
Opinion
Election matters: the service delivery test on 4 November
Ahead of the local elections, Lukhanyo “Bhanda” Mtshingana examines how basic services, economic hardship and coalition politics will test political promises.
Editorial
The people’s choice must count
The ANC’s court victory, pressure on household budgets and COSATU’s new leadership put the relationship between democratic rights and daily life in sharp focus.
Opinion
An Open Letter to Gwede Mantashe
Thembalethu Nyikilana writes to Gwede Mantashe about the ANC’s 2017 diagnostic report, organisational renewal and members’ recourse to the courts.
Opinion
When the Branch Is Bypassed
Lukhanyo Frank Mbiza argues that the ANC’s mayoral selection process risks weakening branch authority, organisational unity and electoral loyalty.
Opinion
Revisiting the Industrial Politics and Economic Leadership of Nelson Mandela Bay
Siyanda Kate on Nelson Mandela Bay’s industrial history, political leadership and the institutions needed for inclusive re-industrialisation.
Opinion
On Dr Zamani Saul’s Selective Amnesia and Denialism: The Writing Is on the Wall — SACP Will Contest 2026 LGE Wall to Wall!
Mzwandile Thakhudi responds to Zamani Saul and argues for independent SACP participation in the 2026 local elections and a reconfigured alliance.
Opinion
Beyond Liberal Moralism: A Materialist Critique of the Narrative on Andile Lungisa
Bongani Phillip Mabusela offers a materialist critique of the narrative on Andile Lungisa, arguing for evidence, context and political accountability.
Opinion
The unfortunate case of the post-colonial higher education sector in South Africa: a brief case study on iYunivesithi Walter Sisulu
An opinion contribution by Sinethemba Matiwani, a student and activist who has observed Walter Sisulu University in Mthatha from the ground, arguing that the post-colonial higher education sector is being hollowed out by neoliberal governance and tenderisation, and that free, quality education for all requires working-class leadership of the national democratic revolution.
News Analysis
Why Is a Councillor Who Admitted False Qualification Claims Ranked Fourth for a Cape Town Seat?
The Democratic Alliance faces a clean-governance question of its own: why a Cape Town proportional-representation councillor who, according to News24 reporting, pleaded guilty to five charges involving false or inaccurate qualification claims is ranked fourth on the party’s list for a Cape Town seat.
Opinion
We Must Prepare Ourselves for the Day the ANC Is Completely Out of Power in Our Lifetime
An opinion contribution by Phiwokuhle Mvumvu arguing that the African National Congress must prepare, psychologically, politically and organisationally, for the possibility that it may be completely out of power within our lifetime.
Opinion
Substance over theatre: why the ANCYL NMR must offer the youth more than personalities
An opinion contribution by MAB Shongwe arguing that the ANC Youth League Nelson Mandela Region endorsement of Andile Lungisa must offer young people a clear programme located in the material realities of the city.
Opinion
Beyond the PA Desk: Reimagining Youth Empowerment in South Africa’s Economy
Opinion: Sonwabile Ngoza argues that youth economic empowerment must move beyond tenders and junior roles to ownership, supply chains and productive participation.
News Analysis
NSFAS Failed Students Twice: The R2bn Recovery Shows Who Actually Paid
The Public Protector’s preliminary notice and the SIU recovery ledger show how NSFAS system failures produced improper funding and wrongful student exclusion.
Opinion
In His Footprints: Jongumsobomvu Maqoma
Bongani Mabusela reflects on the life, resistance and enduring political legacy of Inkosi Jongumsobomvu Maqoma.
Opinion
When We Lose Our Soul, We Lose Everything
Thembalethu Nyikilana on political killings, patronage and the struggle to reclaim the ANC’s moral character.
Opinion
Saving the Bay: Coalition Fragility, Organisational Discipline and the Imperative of ANC Governance
Bamanye Ndzima argues that Nelson Mandela Bay needs stable governance and an ANC renewal rooted in discipline, collective leadership and service to the people.
News Analysis
ANC Demands Accountability for DA’s Mark Burke as Kastelo Dispute Puts Finance Oversight Under Scrutiny
The ANC Parliamentary Caucus has called for DA MP Mark Burke’s removal from finance committees as the Kastelo-SARB dispute raises questions about parliamentary oversight and consistent accountability.
Opinion
Who Leads the NDR?
Bamanye Matiwane examines the National Democratic Revolution, the ANC’s historic leadership role, the Alliance, economic transformation and youth unemployment.