Stephen Grootes
Host of The Money Show on 702 and Cape Talk. Associate Editor at Daily Maverick. Interested in all things financial and political. Email: [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
namibian.com.na | Stephen Grootes
The decision by the ANC’s National Working Committee to ‘reset’ the national coalition opens the door to real change in the government. It can also lead to turmoil in the ANC. There can be no underestimating the depth of feeling among ANC leaders about the DA. During his press conference on Tuesday, the ANC secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, accused the DA of lying and said the party wanted to “divide government and confuse the public”.
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2 weeks ago |
dailymaverick.co.za | Stephen Grootes
The decision by the ANC’s National Working Committee to ‘reset’ the national coalition opens the door to real change in the government. It can also lead to turmoil in the ANC. There can be no underestimating the depth of feeling among ANC leaders about the DA. During his press conference on Tuesday, the ANC secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, accused the DA of lying and said the party wanted to “divide government and confuse the public”. Don't want to see this?
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2 weeks ago |
dailymaverick.co.za | Stephen Grootes
While the ANC and the DA continue their dances away and perhaps back to each other, the events of the past few days reveal something fundamental about our politics. That in its nature, nothing has really changed since the formation of the national coalition. Our parties are generally still stuck in what could be called the ‘immediate post-apartheid phase’ of our democracy.
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2 weeks ago |
dailymaverick.co.za | Stephen Grootes
It would be rational for South Africa to wait and see how other nations react to Trump’s tariff shock before coming up with any kind of response that can’t later be dialled back. The government’s public response to the tariffs instituted against South Africa by the Trump administration reveal just how difficult the situation is for our country.
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3 weeks ago |
dailymaverick.co.za | Stephen Grootes
ANALYSIS While many have claimed the current Budget fracas is ‘good for democracy’, the opposite is almost certainly true. Former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene says this entire process might undermine both the economic and political stability of the country. It may be difficult to remember now but there was a time when the name “Nhlanhla Nene” loomed over our politics. It was not because of anything he had done, but because of what he had refused to do.
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