Bheki Mngomezulu

Political Analyst

Rejection of Mchunu’s ‘voice of reason’ an indictment on KZN leadership

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Left to right, Sihle Zikalala , the ANC’s Provincial chairperson in 2017, Nkosazana Dlamini, an ANC presidential candidate in 2017 and then Premier of KZN Willies ...

Zille, DA exploits ANC turmoil to ‘push own political agenda’

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DA Federal chairperson, Helen Zille, attends the proceedings of its urgent application challenging the designation of former Western Cape Judge President, John Hlophe, ...

Dithering Ramaphosa denting fight against graft, crime

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NPA is described as “a key partner in the criminal justice system”. For the NPA to be able to execute its constitutional mandate properly, there must be a strong ...

Clawing back lost ground a lost cause despite Mbeki’s efforts

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Soweto is abuzz with former president Thabo Mbeki’s visit creating excitement at Jabulani Mall as part of the ANC’s campaign trail ahead of the national and provincial ...

Portraying Pravin Gordhan as a saint will be a disservice to his legacy

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Then Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy Obed Bapela brief Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) on May 17, 2023. While ...

Role of minorities in building democracy cannot be ignored

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ANC veterans Kgalema Motlanthe, Sbu Ndebele and Mac Maharaj attend the 130th anniversary of the ...

DA should ‘tread carefully’ when spinning achievements

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DA leader John Steenhuisen. Democratic Alliance members and leaders rallied at Parliament on Wednesday morning to highlight the issues with the national ANC government ...

Holding ministers accountable a lost cause for ‘indecisive’ Ramaphosa

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When President Cyril Ramaphosa announced he was going to sign performance agreements with his ministers it brought a glimmer of hope that things were going to change ...

Shivambu jumping ship a coup for Zuma’s MKP

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Former EFF Deputy President Floyd Shivambu. Some speculation on why Shivambu has left the pary alludes to 'Malema’s dictatorial tendencies’, which mean he leads ...

Talk of human rights abuses by KZN SAPS ‘are baseless’

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People gather at the Wonderkop Marikana commemoration rally near Rustenburg. Since the Marikana Massacre, the operations of the South African Police Service have ...

Zuma expulsion no panacea to deeply embedded factionalism

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This week, former president Jacob Zuma, who now leads the uMkhonto weSizwe Party was expelled from the ANC which he joined when he was 17 years old. From beginning ...

Whose national dialogue is it and for what purpose?

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General Bantubonke Harrington Holomisa at the National Dialogue on Coalition Governments at the UWC August 3, 2023. Holomisa, leader of the United Democratic Movement ...

Ramaphosa’s tough balancing act in an era of coalitions

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President Cyril Ramaphosa at the swearing-in ceremony for ministers in the Government of National Unity Cabinet. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that the ...

Building unity in divided provinces a complex task

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The new KwaZulu-Natal GPU legislature, standing, from left: Martin Meyer, Public Works and Infrastructure; Francois Rodgers, Finance; Siboniso Duma, Transport and ...

GNU talks must not be used to settle political scores

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ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa at the party’s National Executive Committee meeting held at the Birchwood Conference Centre outside Johannesburg on Thursday. Ramaphosa ...

Party leaders playing the race card on a slippery slope

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Political parties’ campaign posters on the Durban M4 as the National General elections day draws closer. A trend is gradually emerging among some minority political ...

Allowing Orania to govern itself sowed secession seed, rebellion

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Esmari Potgieter, one of the residents of the small town Orania situated 150km from Kimberley at the unveiling of a two-metre koeksister monument on Saturday September ...

The MKP’s power tussle is a distraction ahead of polls

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The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) leader and former president Jacob Zuma. What has caught the attention of many people is the recent expulsion of the man who registered ...

Political opportunism, factionalism derails democracy project

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People queue to vote at the Muizenberg Pavilion, in Cape Town, during the first democratic elections on April 27, 1994. The country was engulfed in euphoria and ...

Parliament’s new rules offer a glimmer of hope

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Members of Parliament at the National Assembly before a debate. While the Constitution provides for the National Assembly to facilitate public involvement in legislative ...

Duma-Buthelezi spat raises questions about leadership

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Siboniso Duma, MEC Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs has behaved in a manner unbecoming of his office, the writer says, after an altercation ...

Unshackle Chapter 9 institutions to make them effective

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A banner of the South African Human Rights Commission. Chapter 9 institutions, Public Protector’s office and the South African Human RIghts Commission, have fared ...

No need for inquiry on the failure to implement TRC proposals

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TRC commissioners Alex Boraine, left, chairperson Archbishop Desmond Tutu, centre, and Dumisa Ntsebeza. Picture: Leon Muller / African News Agency (ANA) FileBy Bheki ...

Gauteng, KZN battlegrounds litmus test for future ANC rule

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Picture: Khaya Ngwenya / Independent Newspapers / February 24, 2024 – Young ANC supporters parade before the launch of the ANC’s election manifesto at Durban’s Moses ...

Manifesto rallies, polling research raising temperature

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Picture: Khaya Ngwenya – ...