About the Author

Stephen Grootes is the host of the Midday Report on Talk Radio 702 and 567 Cape Talk, and the Senior Political Correspondent for Eyewitness News. He is also a senior contributor at the Daily Maverick. He has an encyclopaedic knowledgeable of SA politics and is well connected within media and political circles. He is known as one of the most accessible writers and insightful analysts in local politics.