Anthony Butler is a professor of political studies at the University of Cape Town.
Clean streets, coalitions and impenetrable polls
Outcome of this municipal election is one of the most difficult to predict with the big parties sabotaging themselves
Symbolic policy is the last resort of the shambolic minister
Is the nuclear energy plan to blame on a microchip implanted in deputy president David Mabuza’s skull?
A new apartheid along the vaccination divide looms
There has been a troubling drop in people turning up for the jab, and government needs to ramp up its campaign
Why jab teachers, who are at less risk than taxi drivers?
Some will view this as successful blackmail by the powerful SA Democratic Teachers Union
ANTHONY BUTLER | A president at the wheel is far better than a reshuffle
Despite obstructive ministers, Cyril Ramaphosa is coming into his own as his initiatives begin to pay off
At best, cadre deployment was a transitional instrument whose time has passed
It might be a good idea in principle but it has been a disaster in practice
Ramaphosa getting into the pound seats, in kilograms too
The president is steadfastly accumulating power, but concern over his health is not misplaced
Mirror, mirror on South Africa’s wall, who’s going to take the blame for it all?
Our economy will tank and the IMF will play a huge role in our future. Now’s just to wait for the blame game
A BIG mistake to save an unaffordable minister’s job?
The basic income grant, sometimes referred to as BIG, is a superficially attractive idea, but one that obviously won’t ...
The big problem with basic income grants: loan sharks and vampires love them
Large social grants have become collateral for debt, a Black Sash report has shown, writes Anthony Butler