William Saunderson-Meyer

1 week ago | biznews.com | William Saunderson-Meyer

The ANC needs the DA in the GNU, but resists meaningful power-sharing. The DA is underrepresented in Cabinet and losing influence in the GNU. Without the DA, the ANC risks instability, economic fallout, and KZN losses. Sign up for your early morning brew of the BizNews Insider to keep you up to speed with the content that matters. The newsletter will land in your inbox at 5:30am weekdays. Register here.

1 week ago | citizen.co.za | William Saunderson-Meyer

The government of national unity (GNU) is a political paradox. The party that values it the least, the ANC, objectively needs it most. Whereas the DA, the party that is emotionally most committed, on balance, needs it least. The GNU has been a chastening experience for the DA. It’s been manipulated, abused and betrayed. Were the DA now to leave, the ripple effects on South Africa Inc would be serious.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | William Saunderson-Meyer

1 hour ago WATCH: ‘If DA wants SA to function, they’ll come to the party’, Mbalula says ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said if the DA wants South Africa to function, they “will come to the party.” The ANC was speaking to various … 8 hours ago Ndume working for opposition, ‘spirit and soul’ with Atiku, Obi’s coalition – Bwala Special Adviser on Policy Communication to President Bola Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) should be wary of Borno … 2 hours ago South...

1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Gill Gifford |William Saunderson-Meyer |Claire Keeton

13 April 2025 - 00:00 This week we feature twists: on entitlement and privilege;  in a Swiss thriller; and  in the latest Orphan X Evan Smoak series Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Entitlement by Rumaan Alam. EntitlementRumaan Alam, Bloomsbury **** (4 stars)This book was pegged as: “A novel of money and morality from the New York Times best-selling author of Leave the World Behind”.

2 weeks ago | citizen.co.za | William Saunderson-Meyer

In the course of the 115 turbulent years that SA has existed as a unitary state, the budget invariably passed like clockwork. The ANC-led government of national unity (GNU), in contrast, has had to table the budget three times in two months because the DA and its smaller allies would not support a VAT hike. President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned that while the ANC would not expel the DA from the GNU if it didn’t vote in favour of the budget, the DA would have excluded itself by doing so.