Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Johannesburg
Professor Ndletyana is a Fellow at the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection(Mistra) in South Africa. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of the Witwatersrand and is a columnist for South Africa's The Sunday Independent newspaper.
South Africa's local elections: new entrants likely to be the big winners
Oct 31, 2021 23:39 pm UTC| Politics
Though a ritual, elections yield new insights about the state of the citizenry and the political elite. Life changes, either for the better or worse. Electoral outcomes are a statement about how citizens feel at that...
Jacob Zuma isn't a man with a cause. Just a wily politician trying to evade the law
Jul 01, 2021 09:54 am UTC| Politics
South Africas Constitutional Court ruling to imprison the countrys former president, Jacob Zuma, was unprecedented. But it wasnt unexpected. The author of the majority judgment, Justice Sisi Khampepe, captured the...
Constitutional Court ruling heralds changes to South Africa's electoral system
Jun 15, 2020 12:43 pm UTC| Law Politics
Ultimately, it took Chantal Revell, a descendant of the Khoi and San royalty, to initiate a change in South Africas electoral system. This has been a contentious subject for almost 20 years. An official task team was set...
New book shows how corruption took root in democratic South Africa
Apr 08, 2020 12:56 pm UTC| Politics
In evidence before a commission of inquiry investigating corruption, South Africans have been treated to shocking revelations about brazen looting of state coffers. Ín his new book, Anatomy of the ANC in Power:...
Public approval is Ramaphosa's only defence against his enemies in the ANC
Jan 28, 2020 08:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
What are South Africans to make of the murmurs that its governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), plans to recall Cyril Ramaphosa as president of the republic at its next National General Council in June? Thats...
There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well
Political donations rules are finally in the spotlight – here’s what the government should do