Buyers across the Global South have become increasingly wary of the long geopolitical strings often attached to defence purchases from major superpowers. SA should market its non-aligned positioning hard, writes John Steenhuisen.

South Africa cannot reindustrialise alone. Unlocking a genuinely integrated SADC market of 400 million people is the fastest and most practical route back to a manufacturing-led economy, argues John Steenhuisen.

In a farewell reflection, outgoing DA leader John Steenhuisen argues that his party’s controversial decision to join the government of national unity successfully transformed the DA from an opposition party sitting on the sidelines into an influential governing partner driving real reform and policy change from within the state.

A system that manages risk, rather than reacting to outbreaks, will protect livelihoods, stabilise investment and keep value chains functioning even while foot-and-mouth disease is being controlled, writes John Steenhuisen.

DA leader John Steenhuisen writes that while the government of national unity is messy, demanding, and imperfect, it has also opened possibilities for voters that have not previously existed.

John Steennhuisen reflects on the last 18 months of the government of national unity, writing that while the road hasn’t been easy, the GNU is learning to focus on the strategic matters that will generate long-term, systemic change.

When the state spends hundreds of millions on a year-long talking exercise, John Steenhuisen writes that we must ask what concrete reforms and investments would deliver a bigger return for every rand.

The technology exists. The investment interest exists. What is missing is a regulatory environment that encourages competition, unlocks innovation, and welcomes international partnerships through equity equivalence as a legitimate alternative to rigid ownership requirements, writes John Steenhuisen.

DA leader John Steenhuisen says the party will co-govern South Africa in spirit of unity, collaboration. Delivering a speech a short whole ago, Steenhuisen confirmed that the party had entered into an agreement with ANC and the IFP. Here is his speech.

President Cyril Ramaphosa may as well have signed the death warrant of healthcare in South Africa when he signed the NHI Bill into law, and provided the ANC with a licence to loot on a scale that makes their thievery at Eskom look like shoplifting, writes John Steenhuisen.