Ivo Vegter

Pre-election fears about how the ANC would respond to the loss of its parliamentary majority have not been realised. This week and next will be

Early results show that the ANC did indeed lose much support, but it lost almost none of it to the Democratic Alliance. It is risky

The editor of TimesLIVE sneers at ‘a party living off its reputation for removing waste’, but his identity politics only promises more misery. Like many

It is often tempting to vote for small parties in elections. They have personality, they’re anti-establishment, they’re idealistic. But also, they suck. South Africa is

Ramaphosa threatened South Africans with “equality, whether people like it or not”. Let’s follow his logic to its conclusion, shall we?  “We cannot, and must

Ramaphosa seems to think it funny to sign the NHI Bill. The people of South Africa will be the butt of his joke. ‘I have

Ramaphosa promises that the ANC will in future elect leaders who will not steal from the country. He’s lying. ‘Going into these elections, we are

Election-time promises are a dime a dozen, but who are futuristic pipe dreams really aimed at? It feels like bullying to pick on Panyaza Lesufi,

When even big business calls it quits on South Africa, we have to accept that the economic outlook is poor. Small businesses are fragile. They’re

The DA’s position on the national minimum wage has prompted predictable outrage from the left. ‘We appreciate that the DA is being honest about how