When she mustered the courage to accuse Jacob Zuma of rape, the woman known as Khwezi was hounded out of South Africa. Her home was torched. Mobs of Zuma supporters laid siege to the court and set ...

The most popular question that South African political journalists are asked in the post-Polokwane era is probably: “What is it about Jacob Zuma, who is this man that his supporters would kill for?” ...

I must however admit that I am a voracious reader of biographies of political figures, and such biographies are my favourite reading. I have recently read Fidel Castro’s latest and very comprehensive ...