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Security officials remove members of the Economic Freedom Fighters during South African President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address. Reuters/Sumaya Hisham

February 10, 2017

Zuma’s state of the nation address: nothing but farce and fisticuffs

Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand

The ANC should draw the lesson that South Africans are unlikely to tolerate the ongoing descent of their politics into the gutter without strident resistance - in the streets, if necessary.

President Jacob Zuma’s fleeting mention of universities in his speech was merely political expediency. GCIS/Flickr

February 12, 2016

Zuma clearly hasn’t grasped the scale of the crisis facing universities

Natasha Joseph, The Conversation

There was nothing in President Zuma's speech to suggest that he'd really listened to people's concerns about higher education - nor to suggest that any solutions will be forthcoming.

President Jacob Zuma delivers his State of the Nation address. Reuters/Schalk van Zuydam

February 12, 2016

South Africa’s president failed to touch the nerve of the nation

Mzukisi Qobo, University of Johannesburg

Jacob Zuma tried to cover everything under the sun in his State of the Nation address. The speech was not pivoted on an anchor. It was a collection of inputs from various government departments.

South Africa’s strategic direction around health policy has deteriorated to almost nothing. Shutterstock

February 12, 2016

Strategic direction around South Africa’s health policy has deteriorated to almost nothing

Alex van den Heever, University of the Witwatersrand

President Jacob Zuma failed to focus on reforms that fix any of the health care in South Africa in the next five years.

February 10, 2016

Progress report on promises made to improve South Africa’s health services

Jill Murray, University of the Witwatersrand; Fatima Suleman, University of KwaZulu-Natal, and Robert Pattinson, University of Pretoria

In a bid to improve health care in South Africa, President Jacob Zuma has made several promises in the last three years. Some have materialised faster than others.

Top contributors

Mzukisi Qobo
Deputy Chair: SA Research Chair on African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy, University of Johannesburg
Robert Pattinson
Director, Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategy Extramural Unit, SAMRC, University of Pretoria
Suellen Shay
Dean and Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
Jill Murray
Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
Alex van den Heever
Chair of Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies, Adjunct Professor in the School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
Fatima Suleman
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the School of Health Sciences,, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Roger Southall
Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand