The secret about political transitions is that they work when the interests of the outgoing leadership and those of the incoming do not seem to conflict. While there is, in the eyes of the public, a semblance of an amicable agreement interior to the political space, but the [...]

      The African National Congress is two months away from its electoral conference.  The potential far-reaching policy implications to South Africa and the sub-continent is greater. Although it is complex to predict the ultimate outcome at this stage, there are clear indications of what is at stake beyond the rhetoric [...]

    When society expects turkeys to vote for Christmas and go further to appoint turkeys to be the elections authority, you know that society has lost its bearings, and all that holds its wheels is disintegrating.  Such is of an organization which believes it has partners in the then enemy [...]

    The excitement at the uncharacteristic wholesale replacement of a Ramaphosa-era inaugural ESKOM board with a new and mid-political-first term must be welcomed with caution and more profound questions. While its timing looks like a response to societal calls for change at ESKOM, the fundamental question is ‘to what [...]