Marianne Merten is a journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She writes for Daily Maverick and AllAfrica Global Media, covering a range of topics including politics, business, and current affairs. Her work has also been featured in Cigalah Group.
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By: Marianne Merten
Former Mpumalanga premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane was elected uncontested as National Council of Provinces chairperson on Saturday on the back of nominations from her home province and the Northern Cape.
When President Cyril Ramaphosa announces his Cabinet sometime after his inauguration on Wednesday, it will signal the seriousness of shaping this much-talked-about national unity government – and who holds power where.
By: Marianne Merten
When President Cyril Ramaphosa announces his Cabinet sometime after his inauguration on Wednesday, it will signal the seriousness of shaping this much-talked-about national unity government - and who holds power where.
By: Marianne Merten
Parliament is on tenterhooks for President Cyril Ramaphosa to announce his Cabinet so it can establish its oversight committees to reflect ministers' portfolios. Adopting the Budget by 31 July, a hard statutory deadline, will be the first test of this new cooperation.
By: Marianne Merten
Parliament is on tenterhooks for President Cyril Ramaphosa to announce his Cabinet so it can establish its oversight committees to reflect ministers' portfolios.
SA's national unity government brought about by voters' choices is signalling that governance could be done differently, even if state capture and corruption-implicated MPs continue to occupy parliamentary benches.
Input was given and the law was signed. To fudge the process now puts credible lawmaking at risk
By: Marianne Merten
If a week is a long time in politics, three weeks is an eternity. That time has cost President Cyril Ramaphosa the opportunity to walk the talk of clean governance.
By: Marianne Merten
Parliamentary question time tends to play out as choreography — will it be different this time for Ramaphosa?
By: Marianne Merten
The saga of sports minister Gayton McKenzie's R804,597.71 ministerial trip to the Paris Olympics underscores how civil servants and their political
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