Sam Mkokeli is an SA journalist and politics researcher who has worked as political editor of Business Day in the past and now contributes to Business Day, Financial Mail and the Sunday Times.
Panicked move deeper into Brics would be catastrophic
OpinionThe government is caught between a rock and a hard place over the arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Ramokgopa has a job, but he's blocked from work
OpinionHis positioning renders any plans he makes structurally impossible
Policy flip-flops leave thorny path to investment
OpinionOn Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa will host his fifth South Africa Investment Conference.
SAM MKOKELI | Ramaphosa will have to reshuffle his nethers for a historic second term
OpinionProblem is, he is hamstrung by a jaded party and dysfunctional sidekicks, writes Sam Mkokeli.
ANALYSIS | Nail-biting moments loom at Nasrec
OpinionPresident Cyril Ramaphosa enters the final lap in his journey towards a second term as ANC head like a wounded buffalo.
Lindiwe Sisulu leads a campaign without a cause
OpinionThe minister seems to be chief strategist, chief administrator and chief cheerleader of her own campaign. This is not a ...
Emperor Cyril’s new clothes aren’t so new any more
OpinionPulling the ANC back from the brink needs an Einstein-like display of strategic thinking — which isn’t something we’ve ...
Can Godongwana stare down the ANC on a basic income grant?
OpinionThe problem he faces is that his cabinet and the entire ANC are looking at the local polls, and looking for a way to ...
Muddled Mantashe wallows in energy confusion
OpinionCan Mantashe extricate himself from the false dichotomy of coal-versus-renewables?
A lot more than giblets at stake in Brics
OpinionThings will change now that Brics has been extended to include six new nations, writes Sam Mkokeli