Natasha Marrian
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Inside the great cabinet reshuffle that wasn’t
Cyril Ramaphosa’s reshuffle has attracted a deluge of criticism — in particular for its lack of any dramatic change to a largely ineffective cabinet. But the president was hamstrung, party insiders say, by some critical factors → Read More
NATASHA MARRIAN: Complicated coalition chemistry
NATASHA MARRIAN: Complicated coalition chemistry They may seem to be made for each other, but an ANC/EFF tie-up after next year’s elections is only a remote possibility It is easy to assume that the ANC and the EFF will make natural bedfellows after the 2024 election. But such a tie-up is far from certain, despite the desperate experimentation by the ANC in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. .. → Read More
Milking the Eskom cow
The white-anting of Eskom isn’t just a high-level problem. Unions estimate that 70%-80% of Eskom staff are corrupt — including their own members. The government, however, seems to have turned a blind eye → Read More
NATASHA MARRIAN: Opposition was fun. Now it’s judgment day for the EFF
On its 10th birthday, the EFF is making the transition from shouting the odds from the gallery to actually running local government departments → Read More
Local government gets more amid stuttering service delivery
Ratepayers get little bang for their buck as more municipalities fall into financial distress → Read More
How to live without Eskom
South Africa, it seems, can’t live without the albatross that is our national power utility. But in your home, how close can you get to going off-grid? The FM looks at how to do it, and how to fund it → Read More
NATASHA MARRIAN: Making a cabinet out of deadwood
Ramaphosa has little to work with as he agonises over the eagerly awaited restructuring of his cabinet → Read More
André de Ruyter to leave Eskom with immediate effect
André de Ruyter to leave Eskom with immediate effect The move leaves the ailing power utility leaderless 22 February 2023 - 22:29 UPDATED 22 February 2023 - 23:22 André De Ruyter will leave Eskom with immediate effect. He clearly ruffled feathers with a no-holds-barred interview in which he laid bare the extent of the ANC’s complicity in corruption at Eskom. .. → Read More
NATASHA MARRIAN: Joburg crime-fighting gets an injection of EFF logic
Mgcini Tshwaku, the new mayoral committee member for public safety, talks a good game, but can he deliver? → Read More
Replacing André de Ruyter: who dares apply?
Who dares apply to be Eskom’s 11th CEO in 11 years? As André de Ruyter tells the FM, it’s an unforgiving (and dangerous) job. So what will an ideal candidate need? → Read More
Behind the mayoral musical chairs in Tshwane
DA-led Tshwane is on track to elect its fifth mayor in eight years after the resignation of Randall Williams. It comes after a damning auditor-general report on the metro → Read More
NATASHA MARRIAN: What to make of Ramaphosa’s ‘minister of electricity’
The key political question is who exactly Ramaphosa is trying to sideline → Read More
NATASHA MARRIAN: Mashatile’s doing it his way
NATASHA MARRIAN: Mashatile’s doing it his way How Paul Mashatile swims against the ANC tide 09 February 2023 - 05:00 Print: The ANC’s rare beacon of hope Subhead: How Paul Mashatile swims against the ANC tide.. → Read More
This, Mr Ramaphosa, is the real state of the nation
In towns and cities across the country visited by the FM, the stories we were told were of a bracing reality at odds with the fanciful story of progress espoused by President Cyril Ramaphosa. For how long can the ANC avoid the truth? → Read More
Inside the municipal death spiral
Small-town South Africa is crumbling. Stuck in a seemingly endless cycle of water and power cuts, in streets piled high with refuse, and with no jobs available to offer a way out, residents have had enough → Read More
NATASHA MARRIAN: Coalition partners in chaos
NATASHA MARRIAN: Coalition partners in chaos How the coalition environment is shaping up 02 February 2023 - 05:00 Tectonic shifts in coalition politics are happening across the country, creating intriguing party dynamics ahead of the most crucial elections since 1994. The first sign of major change in the coalition landscape came in August last year, when EFF leader Julius Malema said his party… → Read More
NATASHA MARRIAN: Is there a brighter spark in the wings?
Moving Mantashe out of energy won’t help if his successor is a dud → Read More
NATASHA MARRIAN: Seize the day, Mr President
In his final term, Ramaphosa has nothing to lose but his chains as he mulls the makeup of a new cabinet → Read More
The ANC’s Eskom hypocrisy
The governing party now says it plans to embark on a ‘national shutdown’ over the power crisis. It’s an astounding act of historical amnesia, considering this is the party that created the load-shedding crisis. Here’s what really happened → Read More
NATASHA MARRIAN: Renewal requires a fair crack of the whip
If the ANC is to clean up its act, it must dish out punishment on an equal-opportunity basis → Read More