Interview with Khwezi Mabasa: Transformi...

It has become customary for government communications to focus on activities such as the number of job opportunities created, youth entrepreneurs funded and businesses rescued. These are merely outputs. What we really need to worry about is the impact and outcomes of government p ... Show More

The more I listen to #SONA the more I think the speeches are notable for what the president doesn't and can't say rather than what he does. It's a new year, a new set of top priorities and another rattling off of figures. Does it really matter? 

Oversight is the most important role of Parliament, holding the executive to account and calling on the president and ministers to answer for their decisions and conduct. There are very clear signs that the oversight function in South Africa is failing.