The ANC’s loss of absolute power to govern has necessitated its transition into a coalition government mode. This loss carries significant implications, representing a substantial territorial gain for the opposition complex on all fronts. Despite the 40% performance of the ANC at the polls being derived from a low voter turnout [...]
As the government of national unity (GNU) evolves, South Africa must adapt or suffer the consequences of its choice. The adaptation process, however, is usually plodding, if it happens at all. President Cyril Ramaphosa's call to steer the country into a service delivery-focused direction has thus far enjoyed the support [...]
The African National Congress is officially still pursuing a National Democratic Revolution. When interrogated about what it ideologically stands for, except for the amorphous broad-church response, the most crisp answer is its pursuit of a continuous National Democratic Revolution whose end state is a National Democratic Society. The defining [...]
This was published in TimeLive 16 October 2024As the reality of the last term of Ramaphosa starts to sink within the ranks of the ANC, the Gauteng posture on the GNU may be seen as the firing of the starting gun to mark the beginning of a race towards 16 [...]
The announcement of the 2024 National and Provincial elections results will forever signify a posterity-defining moment for the hegemonic hold of the ANC over South African politics. This is a moment of profound significance, a turning point in the political landscape of South Africa. The absolute political power to govern the [...]
This was published in the TimesLive on 08 October 2024 under the title "The Hlophe-JSC paradox: builders of the constitution couldn't have seen this coming.To say that justice has become a means to other ends and not an end itself is not a semantic quibble but a serious moral point. When [...]
The edited version, titled "If the ANC centre does not hold anarchy looms," was published in the Sunday Times on 06 October 2024.The fierce contest to determine who the first citizen of the National Capital City has begun. It is symptomatic of the pending succession battles in several, if not [...]
The inconvenient rise of the MK Party, a political entity that has emerged as an alternative to the ANC's liberation movement's agenda, is upending the political landscape of South Africa. The global liberal order, which has been working hard to absorb the ANC's cognitive elite and neutralise its flirting with leftist [...]
The edited version was published in TimesLive on 28th September 2024The DA is factually removed as the face or head of the capital city's executive authority. The tyranny of no absolute majority power has reared its head again in Tshwane. The power interregnum will last as long as the political [...]
The journey towards the 16th of December 2027 ANC National Elective Conference begins in December 2024 at the four influential regions of Limpopo Province. With a 74% outcome at the 2024 National and Provincial elections, which might have arguably saved the ANC from garnering the 40% saving grace outcome, Limpopo [...]
