On the face of it, it might seem innocent that the ‘deal’ between Ramaphosa and Commissioner Sithole is peripheral to the unfolding succession tensions engulfing the African National Congress in the year of its most consequential elective conference. Outside the purview of many, Sithole is in the turbulent [...]

The invasion of Ukraine marks the end of a World Order many of us only know and believe in. The convulsions that the American-led World Order are experiencing in almost all facets of human life and existence threaten Americans and go to the core of the Americanism with which we [...]

The establishment of South Africa as a non-racial and non-sexist democracy was an artificial creation of a state. As a result, this involved bringing together antagonistic forces whose vision of South Africa required a shared and collective reconciliation with its dispossessor and dispossessed past. The diverse interests and expectations of [...]

         In theory, a country like South Africa should possess a range of state power management tools for its success and global competitiveness; a sophisticated leadership cohort and a Cabinet team of long term thinkers and scenario planners, an intelligence service that insulates the country from unscrupulous [...]