When South Africa goes to the polls in the general election on April 22, it will be one of the most interesting days in South Africa's political history. In undoubtedly the most highly contested election since 1994, the stakes are markedly high and t...
Mosiuoa Lekota's moves over the past week have been very interesting to follow, but his future remains very much a murky mist. While it would be fantastic for our longer-term democratic foundation, there are two key issues that dampen my optimism abo...
The recent reports of Mbeki's alleged misdemeanours in the Sunday Times, along with the elevated rhetoric from those in the Zuma camp over the last week, have surprised and rightly concerned many. Rumours of Mbeki's involvement in the arms deal have ...
The current transitional phase that's playing out within the ANC and, by consequence, in South Africa has led me -- along with most political commentators -- to look both back at the past decade in politics and governance and forward to our near-term...
The current reaction to Naledi Pandor's youth pledge is another in a long line of negativity that seems to be infesting the white population at present. There seems to be this constant knee-jerk reaction of intense negativity that should not continue...
One interesting development out of Monday's ANC NEC meeting was the announcement of an ad-hoc committee that will produce a "detailed structural report" on the 1999 arms deal. This has supposedly been brought to bear given the lack of detail of the f...
It seems to me that the Polokwane conference has been like a newsprint and analysis vortex, sucking in all commentary into an incessant stream of words around a central thesis of "Will he or won't he?” Well, now we all know the answer to that quest...
I've been in the US on holiday for the past few weeks, and although I've kept a distant eye on things from overseas, I am interested to note the distinct rise in political tension since my departure, drawn from the regional voting for the succession ...
It strikes me that we are at present a country desperately in need of its national identity.
During apartheid, South Africa was defined as such. Then came the "miracle years" of Madiba and 1994, and the next decade we held a national identity of ...
I've always considered suicide bombings somewhat of a human anomaly. Yesterday, there was an attempted suicide bombing assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto immediately after her return from eight years of exile. There are a...
Jonty Fisher is a born marketer and a frustrated political pseudo-journo. He owns the integrated marketing agency, Traffic Integrated Marketing, as well as media company Mediaweb Online. He also authors the political commentary site, The Fishbowl.
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