Real Politics Column

President Cyril Ramaphosa had little room to manoeuvre in the escalating power struggle inside the South African Police Service, writes Zukile Majova in Real Politics. 

Millions of South Africans are ready to walk away from the ANC. The real question is whether they will walk towards the Democratic Alliance, writes Zukile Majova in Real Politics. 

South Africa may be standing at a political turning point, and it is not coming from opposition benches but from within the ANC’s own house, writes Zukile Majova in Real Politics. 

A growing anti-unity government faction inside the African National Congress is gaining ground and could destabilise national politics before the 2027 conference, writes Zukile Majova in Real Politics. 

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s political survival is tied to a difficult truth: he depends on leaders he may not fully trust to keep his reform agenda alive and to steady the fragile government of national unity, writes Zukile Majova in Real Politics.

South Africa is finally having an honest conversation about Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment. And it is long overdue, writes Zukile Majova in Real Politics. 

Jacob Zuma’s personal popularity may again carry the MK party in 2026, but leadership instability and weak structures are limiting its political reach, writes Zukile Majova in Real Politics. 

South Africa’s government of national unity should trigger a long overdue rethink of the country’s foreign policy, writes Zukile Majova in Real Politics. 

All signs point to Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis emerging as the next leader of the Democratic Alliance in April. If that happens, it could mark a turning point for South Africa’s second biggest party at a critical moment in its history, writes Zukile Majova in Real Politics. 

Nineteen months into the government of national unity, President Cyril Ramaphosa is getting glowing praise from former rivals despite deep policy fights and rising public frustration, writes Zukile Majova in Real Politics.

The Democratic Alliance faces a growing threat in its Western Cape stronghold as identity politics reshapes the battlefield ahead of the 2026 local government elections, writes Zukile Majova in Real Politics. 

If Patrice Motsepe is serious about becoming a good president for South Africa, his first and most urgent task is simple; he must cut loose from the political baggage tied to his current slate of running mates, writes Zukile Majova in Real Politics.