Former deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe has joined the likes of former president Thabo Mbeki and other former senior leaders of the ANC campaigning ahead of the elections. The ANC government in the last three weeks will be opening more bridges, resurfaced roads, and new infrastructure projects than in the last five years combined, writes the author. (Amanda Khoza/News24)
Events have started to overtake the ANC in government. And amid some of the severe problems facing the country, we are seeing a measure of progress in key areas, writes Pieter du Toit.
Nothing focuses the mind quite like being on the verge of losing your majority.
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