Marius Roodt

Coalitions are increasingly becoming a fact of South African political life. Until a few years ago very few of South Africa’s municipalities were governed by

Emigration is a perennial topic among middle-class South Africans, and in the last few years it seems more people (of all races) have been considering

A new electoral system is on the cards for South Africa, but what has been proposed is, frankly, a mess. The new system will be

By now we all know the numbers and the scale of the crisis that South Africa faces. On the expanded rate of unemployment, nearly 50%

The recent local government elections resulted in a number of watershed moments for South African politics, notably the decline of the ANC’s share of the

The local government election at the beginning of this week could possibly be called what Americans describe as a ‘realigning’ election. It is the first

I recently spent a weekend away with some university friends. We were all together in one of the residences of the erstwhile Rand Afrikaans University

Recent events again show how South Africans – or at least those in the chattering classes – remain obsessed with race, to South Africa’s detriment.

As the saying goes, the way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time. And the same goes for ending the ANC’s electoral

Imagine, if you will, South Africa as an influential and technologically advanced member of an alliance of the world’s most powerful nations which act as