Brutus Malada News Today

The recent controversy surrounding the book authored by Prince Mashele, titled "The Outsider: The Unauthorized Biography of Herman Mashaba," has raised important questions about the impact of our current "gig" and "hustle" economy on our society's moral fabric and individual values. Instead of simply lamenting the scandal, it is necessary for all of us, including intellectuals, academics, the media, the book publishing industry, and patriotic entrepreneurs, to ...

Disgraced political analyst and author Prince Mashele and ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba have made up, while senior researcher Brutus Malada has decided to quit the party after a fallout over Mashaba's R12.5m self-funded biography.

Two weeks after the controversy surrounding Prince Mashele's The Outsider: The Unauthorised Biography of Herman Mashaba, the ActionSA leader says he's disappointed the author lied, but he deserved the R12.5 million.

As next year’s national and provincial government elections draw closer, the credibility of potential contestants and their parties will come under intense scrutiny. A sizeable chunk of the electorate will be looking for credible alternatives to the ruling ANC.

Mashele misled the publisher by claiming his biography of ActionSA’s Herman Mashaba was unauthorised, which means without the permission of the subject.

This is how anger becomes a blind spot

Et tu, Brute! The controversy of Mashaba and Mashele deepens

Political analyst Prince Mashele has drawn significant fire over the past few days, writes Mandy Wiener.

Just because disgraced political analyst and author Prince Mashele has apologised to the nation for lying about the funding of his controversial book, "The Outsider: The Unauthorised Biography of Herman Mashaba", it does not mean senior researcher Brutus Malada will stop "fighting for his (Malada's) rights".

How do we know who to believe? How many other Masheles are out there?