Why the DA is no different to the ANC

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

The DA has always paraded itself as a party whose house is in order.

GBV declaration must be followed by financially support to be effective

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

Declaration falls short on the urgency required to tackle GBVF.

Blacklist Tembisa Hospital looters now

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

The state cannot confidently claim that none of these service providers enriching themselves from the public purse when the Special Investigating Unit is still busy ...

Navy chief Lobese should be minister Angie Motshekga's least of problems

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

Motshekga should have been the first to support Lobese for decrying the continued defunding of the SANDF.

Shamila Batohi can still redeem her legacy

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

What may make up for Batohi’s disastrous tenure is how they handle President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala case, which the NPA boss recently confirmed was being ...

Release of police-gang links report is victory for transparency, accountability

Lisa Isaacs , Nicola Daniels and Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

We began asking serious questions about why the report continued being kept a secret from the public when KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi put ...

Ramaphosa cannot outsource his decision on Senzo Mchunu

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

Since becoming president, Ramaphosa has mastered the art of delegating his decision-making responsibilities by appointing task teams, inquiries and advisory council. ...

GNU 'progress' is wishful thinking

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

What progress is there when youth unemployment is at an all time high? What progress are these leaders seeing when criminals operate in communities with impunity ...

Ramaphosa's anti-corruption stance remains irrelevant

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

What the President says about “steadily rebuilding” the country’s key institutions flies in the face of his commitment to decisively deal with corruption.

Police capture: DA's secrecy weakens fight against crime

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

The DA cannot claim to be serious in its demands for more policing powers to the province when its approach is characterised by secrecy.

'ALL BILL' COULD BE DA'S DO OR DIE MOMENT

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

So far the DA has only been in the GNU to help the ANC get on with its business. Its participation has yet to translate to any influence in policy direction.

Ramaphosa's Maumela saga far from over

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

The video of the president outside the recently raided Maumela mansion has not made the situation any better for him.

SAPS infighting: Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has no option but to act

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

The power struggles at the top risk further eroding whatever little public trust the police service enjoys.

ANC's 10-point 'economic plain' is nothing but deflection

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

If it could not get it right then, how is it going to succeed with this plan when its Government of National Unity partners have yet to give it the green light?

Tembisa hospital is tip of the iceberg

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

This is certainly not the first nor the last hospital or public entity that will enrich politicians and their friends so long as no one is placed behind bars.

Cyril to blame for ANC 'crisis'

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

Ramaphosa effectively proved his critics right when he recently campaigned against the ANC with his remarks that his organisation could learn a lot from how the ...

Knysna dissolution plan backfires

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

MPs have rejected the DA-led provincial government's plan to dissolve the Knysna Municipality, citing a lack of exceptional circumstances.

Gayton McKenzie should have long been axed over K-word saga

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

McKenzie’s argument that he is a victim of a political campaign aimed at ending his career can be best described as a cheap attempt to escape accountability.

SAPS must protect all of us, not only high-profile individuals

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

A policing system that chooses when to be effective only widens the trust deficit between police and the communities.

Bantu Holomisa's 'go to hell' remarks sum up GNU'S agenda

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

A senior government official who insults the people he is supposed to be serving should be nowhere near state resources.

ANC Limpopo chairperson's resignation confirms party 'renewal' project long collapsed

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

When a senior party leader steps down over internal squabbles such as those cited by Mathabatha, it’s a signal that the renewal process is nothing but rhetoric. ...

Marikana resembles ANC's shameful legacy

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

The ANC Ramphosa leads is so detached from the realities confronting poor South Africans

President Cyril Ramaphosa missing in action amid US tariffs

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

Hard to believe that today we are having to dig for answers from a president who promised a government characterised by transparency.

New minister Bhuti Manamela brings nothing new

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

How do we expect a person who was part of the problem to be responsible for solutions?

MPs were eyeing Nkabane over SETAs

Sinenhlanhla Masilela and Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Buti Manamela as the new Minister of Higher Education.