Marius Roodt

South Africans, on the whole, are at the end of their tether. This ranges from the wealthy suburbanite who is looking into emigration options to

The ANC stands astride South Africa’s politics like a colossus. To be sure, it’s not the force it was in the early parts of this

Mmusi Maimane, head of the One South Africa (OSA) movement and erstwhile leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA), confirmed this weekend that he would be

Race is South Africa’s eternal fault line. Nearly everything in this country is viewed through the prism of race, from who our politicians are, and

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