This was published as "Talking about language in a colonial tongue" in the Sunday Times on 22 September 2024.The South African Constitution opens with the words, 'we, the people of South Africa, recognise the injustices of the past'. One of the most profound injustices of the past is the suppression [...]
Despite the underlying desire to control narrative formation, manipulation, and characterisation, as well as imposing its hegemony on the GNU, the call for the SG to step down by the DA is a flawed proposition. It's unclear whether the SG himself or the science his team of statisticians uphold is [...]
This was published in TimesLive on 17 September 2024 under the same title.The administrative order of the Republic of South Africa is deteriorating to the point of disintegration before our eyes. The relative decline of a strong RSA state and the concomitant erosion of the public and civil service ethic [...]
This was published in the Sunday Times on 29 August 2024. In retrospect, South Africa's electricity delivery in the last fifteen years is most curious. Several times during this period, RSA has had the worst stages of load-shedding and, thus, energy supply instability. In a post-2017 period, acutely in 2023, exceptions [...]
The mainstream South African establishment, including some internal to the ANC, views the ANC's permanent 'we are in a revolution' rhetoric as not being in step with what should genuinely be RSA's national interest. The ANC is inarguably the nexus of RSA politics, when it sneezes a lot catches cold. [...]
This was published in TimesLive on 11 September 2024 under the same tile. Whenever there is a discourse about the 'outstanding' aspects of the liberation struggle, there is a tendency to view South Africa from a presumption of a liberation struggle that was fought, won, and ended with a treaty. A [...]
The greatest conundrum for a movement that masterminded the RSA political settlement is reconciling its centrist, absolute power-dependent perspective of government with the emerging and disruptive multiparty and coalition government-based democracy. The leadership instability that comes with losing absolute power to govern runs through the entire organisation's rubric. The internal [...]
Historical analogies serve as guiding lights for individuals and nations during times of uncertainty. South Africa, currently navigating a significant phase of political uncertainty, is no exception. Its leaders and thinkers have drawn parallels from its past, finding comfort in how the nation has reacted and adapted under similar circumstances.The [...]
This was published in TimesLive on 04 September 2024 under the same title.The revolutionary alliance, the tripartite alliance between the ANC, SACP, and COSATU, is at a crucial juncture that demands immediate attention. The context, supposedly occasioned by the 2024 election outcome, is pressing and requires innovative and fresh thinking. [...]
The anticipation for the National Dialogue is palpable, with preparations in full swing and potential participants actively discussing it. The critical questions of 'what the National Dialogue is', who should be involved, what the dialogue should focus on, how it will be structured, what will make it truly national, and [...]
