The nation, or rather a society, might have to thread the needle as its nexus, arguably, of politics and political economy, is threading its big thread into a tiny eye of the moral needle society demands. The lacerations on our constitution and the rule of law require knitting [...]

   At the beginning of the 19th Century when one of the most organised consensuses of the subjugation of Africans was codified into a Constitutional democracy, Africa responded with the formation of a South African Native National Congress in 1912. It was the beginning of a historical journey those born [...]

 There is a cliché that in times of crisis, an ostrich will, instead of running away or confronting the problem, stick its head in the sand with a view not to see the danger or problem. This proverb captures the essence of post-liberation politics in a context where 'victors' of [...]

    Monopoly Capital and colluding select cognitive elite's deceptive narratives have succeeded in framing the question of radical economic transformation as one of corruption and state capture promoting endeavors by its otherwise compromised advocates. This has prevented  the general public from understanding that economic transformation and fracturing of templates [...]

 One of the pressing challenges of the South African political context, both as a science and lived experience, as well as a theory developing space, is the historical traditions of the ANC which have defined its story as a continuum of defining and redefining its character and purpose objectives. Whilst [...]

       The African National Congress, ANC, is not getting the best out of its otherwise loyal membership. This is a message which the unending contestation for leadership, that has trapped the ANC in a whirlpool of elections at all its sub-national structures, is being communicated. As the organization [...]

      Undoubtedly, South Africa is on almost autopilot mode when it comes to how society is being led. It has one of the most liberal Constitutions, where every human act survives the wrath of state law enforcement agencies if it can be able to be argued as a human right.  The [...]

        It is clear that a new centre of politics has emerged in KZN. This centre will undoubtedly redefine the substrates at both the Policy and Electoral Conferences of the ANC starting next week. The singing about Jacob Zuma at the KZN conference has made it clear, and [...]

     A South African academic writes that "the use of metaphors and parables remains one of the greatest assets in the African education system. Supported by a rigorously used system of storytelling and use of symbols, metaphors have for centuries provided indigenous scholarship about and for African civilizations. The [...]