Mike Berger writes on the DA's difficulty in challenging the ANC, despite far outperforming it in govt

RW Johnson writes on the ANC's inability to emulate the CCP, despite its admiration for it

RW Johnson writes on civil society's response, and the rise of Solidarity and AfriForum

RW Johnson writes on the many forms of ANC plunder in South Africa

RW Johnson says a failing ANC state should be examined in the wider continental and historical context

RW Johnson reviews the NPC document examining progress made to the NDP's Vision 2030

RW Johnson examines the political record of the new US Vice President

RW Johnson says the President is storing up trouble for himself by pandering to this mov

RW Johnson asks what the response will be to national disgust at ANC decline

RW Johnson writes on the jihadist threat in Cabo Delgado, and the implications for southern Africa

RW Johnson says it is incontrovertible that Zille's head hunting went awry

Geordin Hill-Lewis says historical perspective was lacking in the columnist's critique

RW Johnson writes on the DA's difficulties in the context of the coming crisis

RW Johnson says there is only one way out left for the ANC

RW Johnson writes on the disenchantment of the struggle generation

RW Johnson writes on how and why the accused avoided the death penalty

RW Johnson writes on the Liverpool culture that produced John Lennon and the LFC

RW Johnson's assesses the PEAC's "Briefing Notes on Key Policy Questions for South Africa’s Economic Recovery"

RW Johnson writes on Blade Nzimande's challenge to his own govt's policy

RW Johnson says that faced by an existential crisis the ANC has retreated into the realm of fantasy

RW Johnson says at a time of national crisis too many intellectuals are peddling racial diversions

RW Johnson says the party has no united vision or voice, but it carries on

Jeremy Gordin's sets out what President Cyril Ramaphosa needs to do

RW Johnson writes on the unrealistic expectations we had of the ANC, and Ramaphosa

Mike Berger analyses our situation through a causes of state instability model

RW Johnson says now that govt has run out of funds SARB and the commercial banks are under pressure

RW Johnson imagines what politicians past and present think about our current situation

RW Johnson writes on his decision to move back to South Africa from Oxford in 1994

RW Johnson concludes his two part series on the dying of the old regime

Jeremy Gordin says the lockdown cost 3m people their jobs, and for what?

RW Johnson reflects on whether we will take the Zimbabwe route, rather than the reformist one

RW Johnson analyses the Finance Minister's supplementary budget statement

RW Johnson writes on the man whose killing triggered a national revolt in the US

Jeremy Gordin ruminates on the FNF's strange cancellation of Politicsweb

And, Paul Hoffman asks, are they reasonable limitations on human rights?

RW Johnson says none of the party's factions seem to have much grasp on SA's predicament

Dave Steward says the dilemma facing SA is far more critical than for most other countries

The third and final article in RW Johnson's series on the coming showdown

RW Johnson writes on SA's ballooning state debt, and the options for dealing with it

RW Johnson says that, egged on by his admirers, Ramaphosa walked into a trap

RW Johnson asks what the SACP intellectual proposes to reverse the ANC's terrible story of failure

Jeremy Cronin responds to author's Politicsweb article ‘The coming showdown’

RW Johnson writes on how the SACP has been staking out a position against IMF-style reform

Jeremy Gordin on whether the Ramaphosa govt is using the lockdown for ulterior purposes, and what these may be

RW Johnson writes on the lockdown and the quiet before the storm

Patrick Bond on why SA should indeed declare force majeure on our international "odious debt"

RW Johnson on the psychological hurdles facing the liberation movement at a time of crisis

RW Johnson writes on the alternatives, punted by the Left, to relief funding from the IMF and World Bank

RW Johnson writes on the internal ANC politics around accepting, or rejecting, a bail-out

Jeremy Gordin says SA is no country for old men (or women), who would like to walk their dogs

RW Johnson writes on the massive scoop the media missed last week

RW Johnson says the opposition will need something more than just a renewed adherence to liberal principles

RW Johnson on the processes that have driven the country to the wall

RW Johnson writes on whether it is possible to organise social policy on such a basis

RW Johnson on the life and times of the activist, artist, prisoner, and Noseweek columnist

RW Johnson says rugby and cricket show that it is vital to intervene before it is too late

RW Johnson says the ANC feeding frenzy has consumed the state, and the SOEs, and it is not yet over

Rob Turrell says over last 25 years there has not been any serious attempt to put innovation at heart of economic strategy

RW Johnson says the recent load-shedding has thrown matters into sharp relief

RW Johnson's analysis of how the party had gone off track

RW Johnson on the consequences of the ANC's politics of drift

RW Johnson writes on South Africa’s resultant politics of drift

RW Johnson on the surprising rootedness and endurance of this South African tradition

RW Johnson says a leadership clear-out was essential, but the party needs to learn from its mistakes

Jeremy Gordin tries valiantly to uncast the die.

RW Johnson questions whether any serious player will invest in our national airline

RW Johnson writes on what should be done to really reduce gender inequality

RW Johnson says the black African electorate has been in a state of radical dissidence for some time

Dawie Roodt writes on how he differs from RW Johnson

RW Johnson says time is running out for the President, and South Africa

Andrew Donaldson provides some real estate advice to US President Donald Trump

RW Johnson says govt alone is never going to push ahead with the necessary reforms

RW Johnson says that while SA edges towards crisis the ANC is concerned only with itself

RW Johnson on ten key takeaways from Markdata's pre-election polling

And four other of the top stories on Alec Hogg's business news website, 2 June 2019

RW Johnson says that despite the apparent stability of ANC dominance, large shifts are taking place

RW Johnson says the official opposition continues to blunder about after its electoral setback

Douglas Gibson says Peter Bruce continues to get it completely wrong

RW Johnson on why our ruling party is so bad at governing

RW Johnson writes on why the govt’s campaign for a permanent seat is going nowhere

RW Johnson writes on the split reactions to the Ashwin Willemse affair

And four other of the top stories on Alec Hogg's business news website, 26 June 2018

RW Johnson writes on what the official opposition needs to do to rejuvenate itself

RW Johnson says both Ramaphosa and the DA need to grasp the gravity of our current situation

RW Johnson writes on the pressing relevance for us of that country's current travails

Jeremy Gordin says not even those who have known the President for years, know what he really believes

RW Johnson on why the "liberation narrative" overwhelmed all critical commentary on Madikizela-Mandela's life

RW Johnson writes on how to understand Winnie’s pattern of behaviour

RW Johnson says the current approach is foolish, it would have to be done differently

RW Johnson writes that at the root of the EWC debate is an insatiable symbolic hunger

RW Johnson says the official opposition is in a mess

RW Johnson says the immiseration of the poor is paying for the self-enrichment of our new racial elite

RW Johnson says the current chaos in Cape Town poses some serious questions for the party

RW Johnson sets out the results of a survey of attitudes ahead of the ANC national conference

RW Johnson says power of regional patronage barons was on full display at the national conference

Terence Corrigan says in a fractured society such as ours we should be careful how we report and write

Paul Trewhela responds to Sara Gon's article on the “The other ANC of OR Tambo”

Mike Berger responds to the comments on his piece on the Israel academic boycott movement

RW Johnson says white liberals should be given their due

Mandla Seleoane sets out where he thinks RW Johnson's assessment was wrong