Published in the Sunday Times 05 January 2025With the proliferation of illegal mining, unregulated street vendors, unregistered doorstep retail outlets, and other signs of functional decay, the urgency of the situation in South Africa cannot be overstated. The continued disregard for laws and systems paints a picture of a country [...]
A new political majority might be in the making in South Africa. Eventually, the character of the majority rule we envisaged will inevitably not last longer and might face a tragic end. The runaway discontent of the last three decades' political majority is now an existential risk to the anti-apartheid [...]
Busani Ngcaweni wrote about criticism and Love as a rendition to comrades and Comrades. His rendition triggered a rejoinder amplification of its validity by introducing a dimension of disagreeing respectfully. This is a developing conversation and could trigger other rejoinders. The decision to think about issues is an event. Thinking [...]
The ANC, its leaders, and alliance partners must accept that there is more to its existential threat than just the new post-May 2024 opposition complex. Some bigger political bullies seek dominion over RSA's economy and its theory of change. It might be spending time believing that its sufficient consensus coalition [...]
Published on 24 December 2024The Constitution's liberation promise of establishing a society based on democratic values, social justice and fundamental human rights is under stress. The idea of a non-racial, non-sexist, democratic, united, and prosperous South Africa is polarised. Political parties, or their leaders, have made the victory of the [...]
Despite its current challenges, the ANC still holds the potential to lead society. Like a New Year dessert for comrades, this hopeful message encourages us to consider the party's future. There is a prevailing belief that the ANC, in its current state, cannot reclaim its position as the undisputed Leader [...]
Today is December 31, and it marks the end of a calendar year; it defines a time society has agreed to mark twelve monthly periods with which age will be determined. On this day, I would, as a young boy, generally be in Soweto, Central Western Jabavu, 1037, to be [...]
The future of the ANC, once a professed force of the left, is now in jeopardy. Shaped by the geopolitical dynamics of the Cold War and the West's lack of support, the ANC was compelled to align itself with the left. However, its roots in the African liberal elite would [...]
As adopted at the Congress of the FUNDERS somewhere in South Africa, 1990 We, the Funders of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know:that South Africa belongs to all who FUND it, black and white, and that no government can justly claim authority unless it is based [...]
As the constitutional order advances and the inherent liberation promises endow our humanity with freedoms, South Africans must embrace the responsibility and obligations to safeguard the democratic order as a guaranteeing firmament. A new epoch began in 1994 when South Africans resolved to recognise the past injustices and establish social [...]
