William Gumede is an associate professor at the School of Governance of the University of the Witwatersrand and author of South Africa in Brics: Salvation or ruination? (Tafelberg). He is also the executive chairperson of the Democracy Works Foundation.

WILLIAM GUMEDE | Solutions for fixing municipalities are obvious, but political ...

Poor audit outcomes are because of corruption, incompetence and waste

WILLIAM GUMEDE | Our Orwellian culture of doublespeak

SA’s politicians have taken the noble words of progressive, leftist thinking and distorted them to mean the opposite, writes William Gumede.

WILLIAM GUMEDE | Why donating blood, organs is active citizenship

Less than 1% of South Africans are active blood donors and of these black donors make up only 30%

WILLIAM GUMEDE | Is Zuma poised for a reverse takeover of the ANC?

Former ANC and South African president Jacob Zuma’s long-term political strategy appears to be a reverse takeover of the ANC through his uMkhonto ...

WILLIAM GUMEDE | For the key GNU parties, it’s deliver or die

The government of national unity (GNU) will have to deliver on expectations. If it doesn’t, it is likely that its key members, the ANC, DA and IFP, ...

WILLIAM GUMEDE | Political leaders must be held accountable for their many ...

The destruction of SA’s infrastructure and state-owned enterprises is largely due to government graft and ineptitude, not to mention a welter of ...

WILLIAM GUMEDE | GNU must act in widest possible interest

Too often, a ruling party assumes — wrongly — that what’s good for it must also be good for the nation, writes William Gumede.

WILLIAM GUMEDE | SA parties sharing goals need to consolidate

Most of South Africa’s parties share the same policies, ideologies, slogans and even colours, which rarely can be distinguished from one another, ...

WILLIAM GUMEDE | Recycling of failed ministers proves the ANC is deaf to the ...

ANC leaders are not reading the room, blind to the change demanded of them by the electorate, writes William Gumede.

WILLIAM GUMEDE | GNU should consider creating position of prime minister

The deputy presidency portfolio has increasingly become a ceremonial position and should be scrapped, writes William Gumede