The task of reconstructing nations that have been in conflict is not the responsibility of the governments they form as an outcome of peace. South Africa is a post-conflict nation that has pre-peace conflict fault lines impacting on its ability to cohere around a common program to the benefit of [...]
The 2021 Municipal Elections are in full force, and political parties are contesting for the support of South Africans in their 278 municipalities. The contest is in fact in 8 Metropolitan Municipalities, 44 District Municipalities, and 226 Local Municipalities. At a granular level the contest is for well over 4 [...]
I was invited to a dinner with UNISA's Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Puleng LenkaBula. This was, I suppose, one of the stakeholder engagement processes she had embarked upon to introduce herself-in-the-office to various establishments that may or will be critical to the success or otherwise of her tenure at UNISA. [...]
The purpose of voting in a democracy is to, amongst others, allow voters to influence, at least, who ultimately gets to use 'public power' and ‘all that the state monopolises' to determine sovereign human destinies. In South Africa, this right to vote has been equated to the ultimate means of [...]
A democracy is a manifestation of the society that created it. As an arrangement with which a society has agreed to reconcile its conflictual interests and priorities, a democracy is a reflection of the deeper dynamics in a society. It is in fact a referendum of the ideational emotions [...]
As our country is going through a phase where thinking about how to think of thought through solutions, the need to stop avoiding the task of thinking has now thrust itself to the centre of all matter of thinking. The importance of intellectualism to originate solutions and scenarios is the [...]
BMF members and leadership!! On a point of order please!! Kahleni tuu, musani u ku qhazwa hi nyakanyaka tuu!!Again we ask to whose 'interest' or what 'interest' is the headline being given airtime. The BMF remains one of the most vocal organisations that advocates the 'Black' cause in its [...]
Interests, the currency and oxygen of politics, are a complex web that binds members of an organisation. Their acceptance, voluntary or otherwise, of its rules, rituals, and ways of doing things will enable them to hold together, creating a fascinating dynamic. Corruption, as an 'interest', has not only occupied a larger [...]
As we celebrate the departure of Mogoeng Mogoeng as South Africa's Chief Justice, we do so being humbled by his commitment to Constitutional Democratic principles defining our legal system. He came, became, and left. The institution of the judiciary received him, and hosted him. He dwelled in it, [...]
Let us flirt with and/or court controversy for the sake of posterity. Guilty as charged, but write we will, so that the nation talks of its 'tribes' unhindered.The standing of the ANC has taken a serious knock over the last 15 years, including 2021. The extensive coverage of and [...]
