For a while, the South African thinking and ideational community has been debating, including in muted tones, whether the stubbornness of the economy to grow sufficient enough to allow new and historically excluded entrants is responsible for calls that the transformation which has happened was not as radical [...]

     There is a growing narrative that the recent conferences of the ANC, notably the Mpumalanga provincial and the eThekwini regional conferences signal a shift in support for Ramaphosa, this blog piece argues there are in fact shifts in his favour than many would notice. However, this narrative might [...]

     The political war for the soul of the ANC is indeed a never-ending one. In an in-ANC election year, the contest to be in charge of the hegemonic power that comes with being in its leadership intensifies. Where the first battle is going to be is a conundrum [...]

    “The use of metaphors and parables remains one of the greatest assets in the African education system. Supported by a rigorously used system of storytelling and use of symbols, metaphors have for centuries provided indigenous scholarship about and for African civilizations. The intellectual resilience of African wisdom cues and [...]