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Sam Mkokeli

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South African journalist. Politics researcher. Former government spindoctor.
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South Africa: If Steenhuisen Goes, the Real Question Is Why the DA Drove the Decision

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By Sam Mkokeli
| AllAfrica
John Steenhuisen's future in the Cabinet may have more to do with voter management than ministerial performance. But whether he stays or goes, the Constitution makes one person accountable: the president. Let's cut to the chase. John Steenhuisen may well have to leave the Agriculture Ministry. Not because President Cyril Ramaphosa believes he has failed. Not because the Constitution demands it. And not necessarily because his performance warrants dismissal.
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If Steenhuisen goes, the real question is why the DA drove the decision

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By Sam Mkokeli
| Daily Maverick Verified
Let’s cut to the chase. John Steenhuisen may well have to leave the Agriculture Ministry. Not because President Cyril Ramaphosa believes he has failed. Not because the Constitution demands it. And not necessarily because his performance warrants dismissal. He may have to go because the Democratic Alliance has concluded that he has become politically inconvenient. That is the real politics at play.
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The quiet campaign for a mining billionaire to be South Africa's next president

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By Sam Mkokeli
| Yahoo Verified
There is a question doing the rounds in South Africa’s political circles, often in lowered voices and with careful disclaimers: could the billionaire Patrice Motsepe be the man who stabilizes — perhaps even saves — the African National Congress? Motsepe’s name as a future ANC leader often appears in fragments — in business conversations, in official corridors, in the soft intelligence that travels ahead of formal politics. The ritual is familiar: denial first, alignment later.
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