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The Zuma Effect: the plots and the power plays | Prof. Mcebisi Ndletyana
Interviews

The Zuma Effect: the plots and the power plays | Prof. Mcebisi Ndletyana

By
Chris Steyn
29 min read
Professor Ndletyana on Zuma’s rise, ANC capture and the future of MKP
SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 06: A general view of the SABC logo on November 06, 2020 in Soweto, South Africa. It is reported that the SABC plan to collect TV licence fees for smartphones and laptops in South Africa could face major legal problems. (Photo by Gallo Images/Fani Mahuntsi)
SA Renewal

SABC's TV licence era nears its end as new funding model due by March 2027

By
MyBroadBand
4 min read
SABC targets a new funding model as TV licence payments continue to collapse.
Can belief alone heal? The placebo puzzle medicine still can't solve
Good Hope

Can belief alone heal? The placebo puzzle medicine still can't solve

By
Editor BizNews
5 min read
Pain eases and symptoms lift with no active drug at all. Science still has no single explanation for why, and doctors face an ethical bind using it.
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - AUGUST 26: Helen Zille speaks at the unveiling of a new Johannesburg campaign billboard on August 26, 2026 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 2026 South African municipal elections will be held on 4 November 2026 across South Africa, to elect councils for all district, metropolitan and local municipalities in each of the country's nine provinces. (Photo by Gallo Images/OJ Koloti)
Leadership

Confidence, not cash, will decide whether Zille can turn Joburg around: Katzenellenbogen

By
Daily Friend
6 min read
Zille’s Johannesburg turnaround depends on restoring confidence.
BN Edge | Retief Odendaal: DA’s fight to save NMB from collapse. Plus coalition red lines, polling doubts
BizNews Edge

BN Edge | Retief Odendaal: DA’s fight to save NMB from collapse. Plus coalition red lines, polling doubts

By
Alec Hogg
19 min read
Odendaal targets municipal failures ahead of Nelson Mandela Bay elections.
“I was in the room when the rot started”: ex-councillor on how SA’s municipalities stopped facing consequences
Leadership

“I was in the room when the rot started”: ex-councillor on how SA’s municipalities stopped facing consequences

By
The Common Sense
9 min read
How impunity, political patronage and financial mismanagement cripple South Africa’s municipalities
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