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Incredible. That’s the word that comes to mind when thinking about the past few weeks, writes S'thembiso Msomi.

As the two biggest parties, they might seem to be the best candidates to form a coalition next year. But South Africa really doesn’t want to go there

There once lived among us a true man of peace. Because of his role as an inkhosi, a traditional leader, who preached reconciliation among his people when his peers were busy distributing spears and firearms among their own, some dubbed him “the chief of peace”, writes S'thembiso Msomi

The izinkabi phenomenon is becoming so entrenched that South Africa is fast on the way to becoming another Mexico, writes S'thembiso Msomi

The suspicious party attitude to the private sector has handicapped progress in solving crises in the past, but that could be changing, writes S'thembiso Msomi.

With SA being such a highly politicised country, it’s no surprise that political analysts are in high demand. But what are their hidden allegiances? Asks S'thembiso Msomi.

Gayton McKenzie changed his mind and saved Johannesburg residents the blushes of having to greet a former convict as “Mr Mayor”, but could we find ourselves calling him by an even higher political title in a not so distant future?

Mpho Phalatse is unlikely to emerge as the new leader of the DA, writes S'thembiso Msomi.

The youth has often taken centre stage in shaping the direction of South African politics, especially when political stagnation has set in and the mainstream parties seem incapable of resolving problems facing the nation.

History seems to cloud our views of the present and hinders our ability to envision a common future, writes S'thembiso Msomi.