Aubrey Matshiqi - Political Insight
Foreign policy rows all about the changing balance of power 
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 17th February 2017 The year began with two rows on foreign policy. The first was about a visit to Taiwan by Solly Msimang in his capacity as the executive mayor of... →
SA needs a leader who will be able to cure the country’s ills
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 27th January 2017 The election of the leader of the African National Congress (ANC) is not only about individual interests; that is, it is not only about the... →
2016: Year of Orwellian manipulation
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 16th December 2016 We must declare 2016 the year of Orwellian manipulation. For the purposes of this article, Orwellian manipulation is about presenting falsehoods as... →
Implications of this year’s local government elections
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 24th August 2016 In electoral terms, South Africa is a new country. The South Africa of the day before the local government elections, in relation to the South... →
ANC should lose August elections – but will it?
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 22nd July 2016 The local government elections are upon us. And if things go according to the predictions of political commentators such as yours truly, as well as... →
EFF may well exploit rival parties’ incoherence on the race question
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 24th June 2016 The Democratic Alliance (DA) and the African National Congress (ANC) have some common headaches, chief among which is the Economic Freedom Fighters... →
There’s more to elections than attendance at manifesto launch rallies
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 13th May 2016 An old Prog – a former member of the liberal Progressive Party, one of the precursors of the Democratic Alliance (DA) – told me a story about the... →
Nkandla judgment a turning point for ANC
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 15th April 2016 A few weeks ago, I argued in an article I wrote for another publication for a proper alignment between conviction and courage. Since then, people... →
Gordhan vs Zuma
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 11th March 2016 The course of history can, and may, be changed by a single event. In the case of President Jacob Zuma, that event may be the decision to fire... →
ANC weighing pros and cons of long campaign for municipal elections
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 12th February 2016 The African National congress (ANC) launches its local government election manifesto on April 16. Obviously, the elections will definitely not take... →
