by Kaizer Nyatsumba | Sep 12, 2019 | Kaizer's Musing
Blog Kaizer’s Musing Part of the Site South Africa is teetering dangerously on the brink of a precipice – and our leadership is either somnambulant or deeply in slumber land. At face value, that may seem a harsh thing to say or admit to, especially for a...
by Kaizer Nyatsumba | May 16, 2019 | Kaizer's Musing
Blog Kaizer’s Musing Part of the Site Act. Act now. So goes the cacophonous chorus of exhortations to President Cyril Ramaphosa, as the scandal-weary public and the general commentariat clamour impatiently for a series of decisive actions to undo the deleterious...
by Kaizer Nyatsumba | May 14, 2019 | Kaizer's Musing
Blog Kaizer’s Musing Part of the Site Notwithstanding the by-now legendary weaknesses of the African National Congress (ANC), its leader, Cyril Ramaphosa, was by far the best man – among the motley crew of competitors – available in the May 8 election to lead...
by Kaizer Nyatsumba | May 14, 2019 | Kaizer's Musing
Blog Kaizer’s Musing Part of the Site As the dust settles following our sixth democratic elections, it is clear that the South African electorate has sent the country’s political parties a few solid messages. In the main, these messages have been aimed at the...
by Kaizer Nyatsumba | Apr 4, 2019 | Kaizer's Musing
Blog Kaizer’s Musing Part of the Site Over the next few weeks, South Africans above the age of 18 will be heading for the polls. Confronting them will be a crucial decision about the country’s future, specifically the next five years. The question confronting...
by Kaizer Nyatsumba | Mar 5, 2018 | Kaizer's Musing
Blog Kaizer’s Musing Part of the Site For reasons that that have to do with our past, the relationship between business and government in South Africa has taken different forms over the past few years. Following the dawn of democracy in 1994, the relationship...
by Kaizer Nyatsumba | Feb 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
Home Kaizer’s Musing Part of the Site As 2017 draws to a close, South Africa finds itself mired in various controversies and on the brink of a financial precipice. The country finds itself at its worst since the dawn of democracy: the business confidence index...
by Kaizer Nyatsumba | Jan 2, 2018 | Kaizer's Musing
Blog Kaizer’s Musing Part of the Site I still remember the day so well. Mondli Makhanya, then Sunday Times Editor, and I were having lunch in Rosebank and, as usual, politics was the topic of our discussion. The year, I think, was 2008 or 2009; Jacob Zuma was...
by Kaizer Nyatsumba | Jul 10, 2017 | Kaizer's Musing
Home Kaizer’s Musing Part of the Site To this day, I have a very clear recollection of the very first time that I met Ray Chikapa Phiri. The year was 1989 and I was a Senior Reporter on The Star covering various beats and often writing most of the human-interest...
by Kaizer Nyatsumba | Jul 10, 2017 | Kaizer's Musing
Home Kaizer’s Musing Part of the Site We need to ensure that there a consequences for wrong doing in order to arrest our descent to lawlessness, argues Kaizer Nyatsumba. Descent to lawlessness does not happen overnight. It takes place over a number of years,...
