Ministers will have to sign performance contracts with Jacob Zuma, Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation Minister Collins Chabane said on Wednesday.

Nzimande’s move goes against the SACP constitution, which explicitly provides that the post of general secretary is full time.

Although Zola Skweyiya has retired from Cabinet, he will always be a reminder to the ANC of its expected moral duty, writes Niren Tolsi.

How did SA’s Cabinet members fare this year? The M&G rates their performances and offers analytic insight.

Ferial Haffajee, together with <i>M&G</i> reporters, delivers this year’s report card on government ministers’ perfomance.