Aubrey Matshiqi
Aubrey Matshiqi, Independent Political Analyst - matshiqi@yahoo.com
Battle for mindshare rages as ANC elective conference looms
12th August 2011 The conviction of Schabir Shaik, President Jacob Zuma’s former financial adviser, on charges of fraud and corruption in June 2005 opened the door... →
Calls for 100% nationalisation or 100% privatisation extremely unhelpful
22nd July 2011 As I was saying, hell hath no fury like a young lion scorned. I was referring to the political distance that seems to have developed between... →
Zille seeks to align DA with South Africa’s struggle heritage
13th May 2011 In these local government elections, the Democratic Alliance (DA) is set to take Cape Town, Nelson Mandela Bay, in Port Elizabeth, and Tshwane, and... →
Reflections on this year’s local government elections
18th March 2011 If the turnout at the Rustenburg launch of the African National Congress (ANC) local government election manifesto at the end of February is... →
SA, given its young population, is pregnant with possibility
18th February 2011 It is said that someone turns 50 every eight seconds in the US and, in Japan, the percentage of people aged 75 and older was forecast to rise by... →
Will economic interest take precedence over democracy in SA’s engagement with Africa?
14th January 2011 In the aftermath of the global economic crisis, Africa is one of the regions of the world that are experiencing better-than-expected levels of... →
The ANC – a party in decline
10th December 2010 The African National Congress (ANC) turns 99 next month. →
Dissecting ANC’s hostile response to Cosatu-sponsored civil society conference
12th November 2010 It is not uncommon these days to hear people bemoaning the fact that the United Democratic Front (UDF) was disbanded after the unbanning of the... →
How Zuma pulled a fast one at ANC national general council
15th October 2010 The period leading up to the September national general council (NGC) of the African National Congress (ANC) turned out to be the storm before the... →
Development has taken a back seat in SA’s national discourse
17th September 2010 According to some poverty statistics, 50% of South Africans live in poverty, and about 38% of people between the ages 15 and 25 are neither in a... →
Networks of corruption more complex than many think
13th August 2010 The conviction of former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi raises questions about elite networks and their impact on corruption. →
The spirit of unity that blanketed SA during the FIFA World Cup must be harnessed
16th July 2010 Even the most hardened of sceptics and cynics must, albeit grudgingly, accept that South Africa hosted one of the most magnificent soccer World... →
Let’s have a moratorium on political squabbling until after the World Cup
11th June 2010 This month, we are hosting guests from all over the world who are here in the hope that their national soccer teams, and not Bafana Bafana, will... →
Reflections on Cope ructions
14th May 2010 Is substantive democracy possible in a country that is not blessed with substantive uncertainty? →
Terre’Blanche’s killing one of those things that continue to divide South Africa
16th April 2010 The killing of AWB leader Eugene TerreBlanche has added to the list of things that continue to divide South Africa along racial lines. →
Policy debate to hot up in next few years
12th March 2010 In whose lifetime will the nationalisation of mines happen? The fact that you are an avid reader of this column suggests that Father Time will... →
SA must take meaningful steps in what remains of its long walk to freedom
12th February 2010 In an ironic twist of history, De Klerk looked back on what South Africa had achieved since 1994 and argued that there were more assets than... →
Zuma coalition fracturing
15th January 2010 Last year ended with a lovers’ tiff. African National Congress (ANC) Youth League president Julius Malema threatened war, fire and brimstone after... →
Business and political leaders must walk the Madiba talk
11th December 2009 A few years ago, I watched a documentary in which former President Nelson Mandela regaled the television audience with stories of his life in the... →
Zuma’s contradictory coalition
13th November 2009 In the months leading up to the 2007 Polokwane conference of the African National Congress (ANC), the Congress of South African Trade Unions... →
