There can be no doubt about the ANC's overwhelming desire to strike a blow against the DA in the Western Cape.
The report exonerates the government, but is full of ambiguities and unanswered questions.
'What we on the left have not learned is the need for the development of institutional opposition.'
Mathatha Tsedu, chairman of Sanef, takes issue with Raymond Louw's article in Focus 23.
The ANC leapt at the chance to try to crush the DA.
Evidence from a recent South African opinion poll indicates that a leftwing breakaway from the ruling party would be doomed.
Tensions between the government and its trade union and communist partners are at an all-time high.
Satirical column: "Write off".
Zimbabwe's president Mugabe cannot win a free and fair election, writes RW Johnson after analysing the latest opinion poll.
