Recent actions by Minister Lindiwe Zulu make it worthwhile to remember the indignity many suffer daily at the hands of an aloof and uncaring state, writes Judith February.

South Africa has lessons to learn from last week’s moment of rupture in American history, writes Judith February.

We have a duty to the people who built our Constitution, even when we don't agree with it, writes Judith February.

In the midst of all the stories of democratic degradation, we can still find beacons of excellence in a sea of mediocrity, writes Judith February.

Jacob Zuma’s entire presidency was an exercise in constitutional vandalism and his actions at the Zondo Commission were a low point, even for Zuma and his band of opportunistic lawyers, writes Judith February.

The essence of any democracy is that the powerful are held to account, writes Judith February.

Where there’s a lack of leadership or there is destructive leadership, there are deep consequences for the future of democracy itself, writes Judith February.

South Africa talks far too much and does far too little. The time for endless discussion on economic policy must surely be over, writes Judith February.

Ours is a country ill at ease with itself, with its social contract (such as it ever was) straining at the seams, writes Judith February.

The former Energy Minister must account for the 2016 sale of strategic fuel reserves, writes Judith February.

Perpetual uncomfortable reckoning awaits us and we will need to ask afresh what it means to be South African in this place of many stories, writes Judith February.

We have almost become inured to the ANC-led government’s abuse of power, writes Judith February.

With the news that the future of the District Six Museum is in peril, Judith February says that within our deeply divided and scarred society, it’s imperative to ask what matters to us.

Is it any wonder that there’s a cynicism when we hear of government’s trite promises to ‘fight corruption’, asks Judith February.

Some may say that the inability to fix what is broken is an accurate summation of the state of our country. For the lack of care is pervasive and serious, writes Judith February.

Quite how the ANC hopes to improve its results in next year's local government elections is unclear when it seems so unfit for purpose, writes Judith February.

Busisiwe Mkhwebane seems to spend much of her time defending herself and her office in one way or another, writes Judith February.

For a ‘new sense of accountability’ as encouraged by President Ramaphosa, we will need not only the state to reinvent and remake itself, but more specifically, the ANC, writes Judith February.