Marius Roodt

Much ink is being spilled – not only here at the Daily Friend but elsewhere – on the fact that the ANC is perilously close

It is now accepted wisdom that it is a matter of time until the ANC loses its national majority in the country. There is probably

‘They never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.’ So said Abba Eban, a South African-born Israeli diplomat, who was speaking about his Arab counterparts

When somebody talks about Paris, what immediately comes to mind is the Eiffel Tower and starry-eyed couples walking along the Seine. Less likely to come

The ANC used to stand astride South Africa like a colossus. At its zenith in the late 1990s and early 2000s, it was easily the

The term ‘developmental state’ has become part of the South African lexicon. As I recall, it first became commonly used around the time of the

There are few certainties in life, apart from death and taxes, but there is something else that is a growing certainty in South Africa. This

Sometimes politicians say things that confirm what we know about them. It may be a throwaway remark or a pattern of language, but once people

The ANC got a bloody nose on Wednesday, losing two wards in by-elections, while retaining one ward in eThekwini. The DA held on to a

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