Published in TimesLive 02 October 2025Once South Africa begins to understand the chasm that separates policing’s insiders from outsiders, it can start to appreciate the need to design the normative bridges necessary to address criminality in all its forms. The Madlanga Commission is beginning to reveal systemic governance dysfunctions not [...]
Godfrey Nkosi writes for usIt is one of those sleepless nights when the mind refuses to rest. The hours are consumed by reflection on matters that trouble the organisation, and perhaps that is the very reason for the lack of sleep. In the quiet of such moments, one cannot help [...]
Standing on the threshold of my seventh decade, I am grateful for the divine guidance that has shaped my life. I am humbled by the Lord’s work through me, and I cherish the opportunity He has given me to make even the smallest impact on this world. Celebrating His glory through [...]
South Africa needs leadership to be different. It has a solid constitutional order and a vibrant democracy. Its people have risen to their obligation to regulate the tyranny of political arbitrariness, which refers to the abuse of power or decision-making without regard for the rule of law. Its voters have [...]
The South African Police Services used to be feared by criminals. Although sophisticated crime syndicates operating in RSA chafed under the SAPS, they all accepted its authority over law and order. Throughout its various reform and transformation journeys, those who were at variance with the law knew their limits. As [...]
Comrades, it is true that local government concerns water coming out of taps, lights switching on, municipal roads without potholes, sewerage not flowing on street pavements, and several other basic amenities, including our graves functioning properly. Through local government, society has a direct experience of what government, the state, or [...]
The political discourse in South Africa is about to be recharged, a festival of ideas is looming. After the dormant birth of the National Dialogue, which would have infused the political schedule with diverse content, the ANC published in its influential journal, Umrabulo, a Base Discussion Document for its December [...]
The consistent policy statements by Gauteng Premiers, starting with the inaugural one, Tokyo Sexwale, underscore a pressing need to review the provincial government’s powers. At the first meeting of the President’s Coordination Committee, an intergovernmental forum comprising the President and Premiers, in 1994, Premier Tokyo Sexwale publicly called for his [...]
The Republic of South Africa’s judicial authority is vested in the courts. The judiciary is not only a separate authority but an independent one in character. It is accountable to the Constitution and the laws that emanate from it. It facilitates the adjudication of disputes within a rule-of-law context. The [...]
Local government is the last line of democracy. As South Africa prepares for 2026 local government elections, many speculate how these will define the consequential 2029 National Elections. Service delivery dysfunctions, public representatives behaviour, and overall performance of the economy has stirred anger and indifference at almost all municipal wards. There [...]
