Qaanitah

Andrew Mlangeni and George Bizos at Ahmed Kathrada's funeral in 2017. (Felix Dlangamandla, Netwerk24) Andrew Mlangeni never shied away from speaking his truth, writes Qaanitah Hunter. I will never forget the conversation I had with struggle veteran Andrew Mlangeni about former president Jacob Zuma.I almost choked on my water when he flippantly said he had told…

A year on and the promised performance agreements for ministers and deputy ministers has still not materialised, writes Qaanitah Hunter. When President Cyril Ramaphosa was pressured by Luthuli House to not cut the number of ministers and deputy ministers, despite his public promise to do so, his trade-off was ensuring all ministers and their deputies sign…

Covid-19 has added to our burdens as we deal with gender-based violence, brutal crime and corruption writes Qaanitah Hunter. There is a collective trauma we face living in South Africa. Arguably, some of us are more traumatised than others. Whether it is the gross inequality we see daily, gruesome gender-based violence, brutal crime or politicians plundering the…

Two ANC Limpopo leaders linked to corruption at VBS are returning to their positions, to the disbelief of some within the party, writes Qaanitah Hunter. ANC Limpopo provincial secretary Soviet Lekganyane laughed hard when he heard a decision by ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule that two ANC Limpopo leaders, linked to corruption at VBS, had been reinstated…

(Gallo Images/Sowetan/Vathiswa Ruselo) The mouth of the hippopotamus was opened by bad politics and closing it would take hard and unpopular decisions.In another world, if there was no global pandemic persisting, and political life was at its normal tempo, the ANC would be gearing up towards its midterm National General Council, originally meant to take…