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South Africa: 2022 - Let the Most Consequential Games of the ANC's Lifetime Begin
Daily Maverick, 16 January 2022
The dominant political issue of 2022 will be whether the ANC re-elects Cyril Ramaphosa for another term as party leader and the party's face for the 2024 elections. It appears that… Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa Cannot Pivot to Prosperity Without Truly Brave Leaders
Daily Maverick, 16 January 2022
South Africa is locked in a crisis entwining governance, its economy and politics. Will its leadership prove up to the task? Read more »
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South Africa: Lindiwe Sisulu - Trading On a Famous Surname Has Its Limits
The Conversation Africa, 18 January 2022
The world, for the most part, is organised on dynastic principles. Part of the rationale of capitalism is that wealth, and all that comes with it, cascades down the generations.… Read more »
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South Africa: Lindiwe Sisulu's Debased, Deeply Offensive, Vitriolic Campaign Start Sickens Me to the Core
Daily Maverick, 17 January 2022
Firoz Cachalia is a law professor at the University of the Witwatersrand. He was a former MEC in the Gauteng provincial government and is currently a Board member of the Ahmed… Read more »
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South Africa: Minister Says South Africa 'Mentally Colonised' By Black Judges
RFI, 15 January 2022
Ambitious South African Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is standing by an incendiary article she penned criticising South Africa's Constitution and black judges. Read more »
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South Africa: Politicians Fail, Then Blame the Constitution
New Frame, 14 January 2022
Lindiwe Sisulu's attack on the judiciary is misguided. Not once since 1994 has a government tested the Constitution's capacity to implement change, but the courts have. Read more »
Sisulu's 'Vitriol' Threatening Bid to Lead South Africa's ANC?
Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has come under fire after launching her campaign for the presidency of the ruling African National Congress (ANC).
Sisulu, who has held no fewer than six cabinet positions, wrote an an article that saw her make inflammatory comments about the judiciary and the Constitution. Sisulu also described black politicians as "assets for colonised capital".
Reaction to the opinion piece has been negative with noted figureheads and journalists, including former MEC in the Gauteng provincial government, Firoz Cachalia, and Steven Friedman, describing it as vitriolic and misguided, respectively.
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"While important progress has been made in the renewal and rebuilding of the ANC since the 54th National Conference, there is still much to be done. The organisation has been ... Read more »
