Category Archives: Jacob Zuma

Ministers contradict one another on Nkandla

Ministers make contradictions on Nkandla

Philip de Wet, ANC sticks with failed Nkandla containment strategy

ANC sticks with (failed) Nkandla containment strategy

Beeld story on my exchange with Marius Fransman, ANC Western Cape leader regarding my unwillingness to assist ANC in election

http://www.beeld.com/nuus/2013-11-29-suttner-stem-dalk-nie-vir-anc

Mail and Guardian editorial on Nkandla provisional report

Editorial: Now you decide about Nkandla

ANC response to Nkandla report: we do not believe president responsible for any wrongdoing.

ANC on Nkandla: Zuma not responsible for any wrongdoing

Payback time Mr President (Nkandla irregularities)

Nkandla report: Payback time, Zuma

Nkandla report-Zuma in the deep end

Nkandla report: Zuma in the deep end

Deeper and wider irregularities linked to Tongaat mall builder

http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/2013/11/25/double-payment-linked-to-wife-of-tongaat-mall-builder

Exchange with Marius L Fransman (on Faceboook), leader of the ANC in the Western Cape, asking when I would come and campaign there

Marius L Fransman: Prof, when you coming to help with campaign in WC, Continue reading →

Tara Weinberg, Re-opening restitution, election promises doomed to backfire

Re-opening restitution: Election promises doomed to backfire

Richard Pithouse on the broader practices of governance that make collapse of Tongaat Mall and other attacks on the poor continue

http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/1851

Pierre de Vos, E-toll civil disobedience reveals lack of respect for democracy

The period of white rule and apartheid saw a long history of civil disobedience and indeed defiance, Continue reading →

Ministers’ defence of Nkandla spending unconvincing

Ministers trip themselves up over Nkandla

No action taken against Tongaat developer

http://www.enca.com/south-africa/no-action-taken-against-tongaat-developer

Bekkersdal as microcosm of wider social crisis by Jay Naidoo

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2013-11-22-bekkersdal-the-turning-point-in-sa-municipal-politics-time-for-a-line-in-the-ground/#.Uo8Qa6XH1SV

National Council of Provinces ignores rural voices on Traditional courts bill

NCOP again ignores rural voices on Traditional Courts Bill: A case of “we’ll consult until we change your minds”?

State does not consult rural people about laws that affect them. By Mbongiseni Buthelezi

“The state does not consult rural people about laws that affect them”

Advocacy for women’s land rights-plotting way forward by Frances Ann Eberhard and Tara Weinberg,

Advocacy for women’s land rights: Plotting the way forward

Ungovernability in the townships

http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/why-our-townships-are-burning-1.1608166#.Uomy2ZHN7fM

Richard Pithouse’s insightful analysis of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)

http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/1841