Aubrey Matshiqi - Political Insight
Calls for 100% nationalisation or 100% privatisation extremely unhelpful 
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 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
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 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
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 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
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 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?
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 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
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 10th December 2010 The African National Congress (ANC) turns 99 next month. →
Dissecting ANC’s hostile response to Cosatu-sponsored civil society conference
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 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
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 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
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 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
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 13th August 2010 The conviction of former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi raises questions about elite networks and their impact on corruption. →
