In a context where a common purpose organisation has one of their own facing challenges, there is an expectation for a solidarity beyond all other considerations in the interest of the deeper purpose shared. The challenge should spur the common purpose community to gain knowledge about pathways to broader social and cultural [...]

South Africa is inarguably the continent's most cosmopolitan country. It is the most industrialised country in the southern hemisphere of Africa. The ultimate urban migration destination in the SADC is the region's nodal development cities, eight of which are metropolitan in the RSA. It attracts foreign nationals, a term used here [...]

The ideal of a South Africa that belongs to all who live in it has constantly been challenged by racial separatists and tribalists. It will take knowledge about social transformation, a willingness to set aside one’s self-interest for the greater good, and an understanding of the context in which non-racialism [...]

The world is redefining the role of politics, and society is increasingly shifting into the digital realm. The practice of politics is exponentially scaling to meet the demands of interests. This can only mean that governments and the private sector need a culture shift if they want to stay relevant. [...]

This was published in the Sunday Times of 10 May 2025The world is undergoing a process of creating a convergence of private sector efficiency, public sector leadership legitimacy, political, and democratic criteria in how societies, countries, and, more acutely, governments are led. This has been an ongoing experiment for several [...]

 One of the commitments in the GNU statement of intent is that "Parties commit to an all-inclusive National Dialogue process to discuss national challenges facing the nation. The National Dialogue process will seek to develop a national social compact that enables the country to meet the aspirations of the National [...]

This was published in TimesLive 07 May 2025The prize of politics, including liberation politics, is state power through government. Post-liberation Africa has been unable to integrate liberation objectives with state power. Fortunately for South Africa, the political settlement was anchored on the liberation promise being part of the new democratic [...]

 This was published in TimesLive 30 April 2025The May 2024 election outcomes have increased the prospects of South Africa having a government without the ANC for the foreseeable future since 1994. Its inability to garner a fifty-plus-one majority has redefined how political power can be used to advance its political [...]

Gaetano Mosca, an Italian thinker and politician, submits that "in all societies...two classes of people appear: a class that rules and a class that is ruled. The first class, always the less numerous, performs all political functions, monopolises power, and enjoys advantages that power brings, whereas the second, the more [...]

The edited version was published in the Sunday Times, 27 April 2025 A simple search about the purpose of tax yields “to fund social and economic programmes, and to provide public goods and services, such as schools, universities, hospitals, clinics and roads, as well as defence and security. " Taxes make [...]