Thinly veiled threats of a ‘More of the same” leadershipMany people have spent the last year asking themselves what a Zuma presidency will look like, and it fascinates me how the public view of Zuma has turned from one of ridicule and contempt into one of sympathy and resignation. This has been aided both by [...]
What I’ll miss…If there’s one thing that I’m sure I’ll pine for when Thabo Mbeki leaves office, it’s his eloquence. Fast-forward three years and, even under the current quagmire of mass hate he finds himself in, I’m pretty sure we’ll be casting a jealous eye back to our ‘old’ president’s mannerisms, verbosity and sharp tongue. [...]
Thabo’s Last ChanceThabo Mbeki, humiliated by the world, spurned by the MDC and led by the nose by Mugabe, is making one last bid to save his legacy on Zimbabwe. As I write, Mbeki is mediating 11th hour talks between Zanu-PF and the MDC in order to build a negotiated settlement rather than face the [...]
Some courage on the continentWhilst Mugabe uses food as a weapon once more, at least there is some courage from African leadership. Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga yesterday attacked Mugabe and branded him as what he is: “a dictator”. “As a pan-Africanist, I think that I would be failing in my duty if I did [...]
Mbeki: Giving up the ghost?I think I will be expanding on this in a ThoughtLeader post shortly, but all the signs of the last few months point to an internally combusting Thabo Mbeki. Careering from one badly-handled crisis to the next, Mbeki has lost all of his stately airs and pistol-whipping control that allowed him [...]
A balance of injusticesI often have to raise an eyebrow at some decisions taken at municipal governance level, but this one is more jaw-dropping. There is a street in Amanzimtoti, Durban called Kingsway Road, where in 1985, a man called Andrew Zondo planted a limpet mine at a shopping centre, killing 5 people. Now, the [...]
Motlanthe escapesIt seems that African National Congress deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe has escaped the career suicide of cabinet – for now. Motlanthe, recently sworn in as an MP, will remain a back-bencher for the forseeable future. This gives him, and his high-powered backers, the time to monitor the situation with Jacob Zuma and have an [...]
The trouble with Umshini WamiI must say I did take some interest in Jacob Zuma trying to wriggle his way out of the fact that Umshini Wami, such a rallying call during his journey to president-elect, has become a rallying call during the xenophobic violence recently. While many of these thugs have been singing “his” [...]
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