“Petropolitics is not the game of the faint hearted.” The political economy of energy and OPEC is guarded jealously. It is fraught with dynamics that make it the subject of the rich and privileged. We have recently witnessed how, in the heat of global discussions and fight for dominance, [...]

   In answering this question, South Africans should make honesty about what the country is going through, the context of all contexts.  To avert a further decline of South African livelihoods and the instability that has come with it, as seen in the rising crime rates, racial intolerance, vigilantism, and [...]

   The South African voter reacted to the lack of service delivery and the failed state at local government by voting new parties and the opposition, as well as abstaining from voting the governing ANC. A casual look at the IEC published list of political funding also shows a decline, if [...]

    I remember the march vividly. I was there with the marchers, with a few comrades, the late Stanza Bopape,  Akila, the late Cicerine Makhwere, the late Penny Mlahleki, Ting Ting Mlahleki amongst others.  It started in Mamelodi East led by the chairperson of the Residents Organization, Louis Khumalo. As it proceeded [...]