Evidence suggests State Security Agency served Zuma, not the country – Friedman
Steven Friedman says evidence suggests that the State Security Agency had served Zuma and his cronies – not the country.
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Government misreads its people on Covid-19 – Steven Friedman
Government has resorted to statistical fear-mongering on Covid-19, because public faith in it has all but dissolved, argues Professor Steven Friedman.
Return to pre-Zuma days just not enough – Steven Friedman
Throughout the world, people who follow politics are fixating on leaders. South Africa follows the trend and so President Ramaphosa has become an obsession.
All the President’s Men (and women): Unpacking new Cabinet choices – Steven Friedman
Helping to make sense of the Cabinet make-up is Steven Friedman, a political analyst who has been studying the South African landscape for decades.
Extremism in SA a molehill, not a mountain – Friedman
South Africans hate to miss out on global disasters. This explains why last week’s national election is being touted as a victory for extremism.
The voter conundrum unpacked – Steven Friedman
Political fundi, Steven Friedman, says the worse the ANC does, the better the Zuma group’s chances are of removing Ramaphosa at the ruling party’s national conference in 2022.
Ramaphosa forced to manage populist EFF/Zuptoid bulldozer – Friedman
Friedman paints the broad context of SA’s racially-skewed Gini-co-efficient to further explain why Ramaphosa must carefully manage the Zuptoid/EFF tactics of simplistically bulldozing the playing field level.
ANC – a lost liberation movement on the slide; Steven Friedman
The African National Congress celebrates its 107th birthday this year against a backdrop of an election campaign it’s likely to win handily – but which is likely to mask its longer-term decline.
Shades of Brazil as SA corruption fight takes new turn: Friedman
Rhetoric from the likes of the EFF has gone up a notch in recent weeks as the party has looked to divert attention away from itself.
Cyril’s economic stimulus package shows Zuptoid influence – Friedman
The economic stimulus package is more interesting for what it says about the politics of economic decision-making in South Africa’s governing African National Congress than for its likely impact on the economy.