Dictatorships do not come as once off events, they are a gradual process. The story of the proverbial frog in a cooking pot explains the gradualism associated with how a dictatorship settles in. My grandfather was the first person to tell me the story.Later in life, and after reading more [...]
The generation of leaders that Tambo and Mandela led into the opportunity desert that South Africa was, seem to have or is collapsing into despair and panic over and over in moments of crises. Broken by encumbrances they carry in the system, and as an establishment, including shocking revelations of [...]
In a world full of uncertainties and deceit, friendship becomes what is available to bring sanity. We often find ourselves in situations where there is always a need to make a choice between what is good for our selfish joy or better for our collective happiness. The self is often [...]
The appointment of Job Mokgoro as Premier of the North West was argued by a Ramaphosa Cabinet to be as a result of a need ‘to restore trust and confidence between labour and government’; ‘assist the province to upgrade its systems and capabilities to a normality’; ‘ensure compliance with the [...]
Living in a society that has dramatic moments ranging from racism, tribalism, xenophobia, economic exclusion, religious chauvinism, and many 'othering' human tendencies imposes a responsibility on the conscientious to act as who they are. In a country where the existence of these chauvinisms is an outcome of previously legislated intents [...]
The advent of technology progressively challenging the need for humans in the performance of mundane tasks is a reality that has not only impacted the necessity of humans in certain of production functions, but their necessity in the delivery of 'public services'. In a 1997 strategic planning workshop of the department [...]
Very often when one hears of the passing on of someone like Cde. Dan Montsitsi, one feels inadequate to write a tribute to him. This is because his knowledge of him might not even be a chapter in the life of someone as great as Cde. Sediane Danny Montsitsi. Cde. Sedibane [...]
As the country is deep in celebrating women's month, it will also be putting names and faces to the women we are specifically celebrating. Some of the women are age equivalents of our parents, grand or otherwise. I am writing this to venerate women that had a profound impact on [...]
The role of women in society is undoubtedly the most debated, and probably diversely understood, aspect of socio-political co-existence in South Africa. Apart from how the woman citizen is recognised and protected by and in law, the woman as a person still has a long walk to her proverbial complete [...]
The essence of all of humanity's innovation and invention was and still is about the reduction of the time it takes to do anything, and rendering the distance between fellow humans irrelevant. Decentralisation is thus the most unannounced intent of all of man's quest to being freed from the risks of [...]
