Politicians rely on credibility, credentials, and past performance or history to establish their right to seek legitimacy as public representatives. Conversely, societal leadership preferences have evolved beyond routine choices; they now reflect evidence and the ability to steer prospects, which is crucial for understanding current political dynamics. Because society has [...]
South Africa has entered its proverbial hall of mirrors, where everyone must be brave enough to face a mirror and reflect on their origins, especially those who benefited from past injustices. This is because our South African identity stubbornly remains a point of discontent regarding the arrangements of economic and [...]
The Democratic Alliance has made Black Economic Empowerment an election issue. it has put the BEE policy of government in the centre of its campaign message. This matter has morphed to a level where it is now defining the empowerment of Black people as a strategic existential issue for the [...]
The era of lawfulness and politics in South Africa has commenced. The Madlanga Commission is undeniably focused more on scrutinising prerogative and arbitrary government actions, which are decisions made by those in power without proper regard for the rule of law, than on what is publicly displayed. Executive authority overreach [...]
The scale and persistence of public-sector and, acutely, police malfeasance are getting the necessary societal attention. Laws, regulations, fines, jail sentences for offenders and ethics courses in business schools, to the contrary, illegal actors, bad players, toxic organisations and unprofessional corporate cultures inflict quite a toll. Unless society, in all [...]
The edited version was published in TimesLive on 26th October 2025The African National Congress is in a phase of renewal and rediscovery, grappling with its ongoing political issues, particularly the integrity of its influential leaders. Over the past decade, very few of its top six, and later seven, leaders at [...]
Published in the Sunday Times, 12 October 2025, as The true test of Mkhwanazi’s evidenceGeneral Mkhwanazi has crafted a space for himself as an opinion maker in the management and direction of policing in South Africa. He has assumed an authority status on police practice in a country where shallow [...]
There are moments in the life of a nation when society has to answer the question, are we on track, and can we go over the stresses we are subjected to by certain of the truths we are or have been living with? As we search for answers, events like [...]
Published in TimesLife 08 October 2025The succession debate in the ANC has not officially opened but is raging. It requires no rocket scientist to see that the Deputy President is nowhere near a point where he can be declared uncontested, despite the advantage of established convention. Notwithstanding that being the [...]
The ANC is like an ocean. Its ecosystem includes all sorts of political creatures. The ANC generates tsunamis like it generates the waves surfers would wish for. It contains sharks, dolphins, whales, snakes, salmon, turtles, sardines, and several other exotic and dangerous marine species in an ocean. It can wash ashore [...]
