If even half the contentions by respected IRR policy researcher Anthea Jeffery are true, this analysis of BEE procurement gone horribly wrong is frightening.

We will rue the day crooked officials get their filthy paws on the land, writes Setumo Stone.

The President's Keepers by Jacques Pauw

Underlying most of South Africa's multitude of problems and challenges is the reality that the state is incapable of executing any plan properly or applying any policies correctly and efficiently, writes Max du Preez.

"En as niemand na jou wil luister nie, en by gebrek aan kanale om jou griewe reg te stel, kan die grootskaalse afbreek van munisipale geriewe terapeuties wees."

Scrolling down my Twitter timeline, I was immediately struck by the altered tone. Gone were the vicious attacks, the deliberate distortions, the vitriolic insults, to which I have become inured over many months.

Workers gathered protesting for a higher minimum wage in Johannesburg. (Amanda Khoza, News24)

This is a very difficult and vexing question to answer, but perhaps the application of the 3D test will shed some light on this highly emotive and divisive issue.

Top of the priority list is the need to build a professional, independent and capable state. This requires at least two things. A firm policy on meritocratic appointments in every position, and a far easier method of dismissing people who cannot or will not do the job they are paid for.

Mondli Makhanya: The great land return lie | News24

Today, South African discourse is littered with double standards, delegitimisation and demonisation of minorities. This is racism.

Don't let the fools get to you, Bra Terror | News24

Here's a brilliant assessment of the state of South Africa by one of the country's foremost analysts. Frans Cronje is the CEO of the Institute of Race Relations.

Mistake of the Nation: The lost decade of Zuma rule | News24