In Sepedi there is a saying that goes, “modumo wa matikwane o latelela wa sekgokolo”. This is then supplemented by “phousele e laolwa ke bothakga bja sebini”. The Bapedi people would conclude this context by declaring, “sekgokolo se na le bokgoni bja go ba se homotše mola meropa [...]

The success or failure of a civilisation is not only a function of how innovative a society is, but how that society preserve what it already has by innovating towards sustainability. In this rendition an argument will be posited that as a society and country, South Africa has innovated one [...]

The South African Constitution establishes municipalities for the whole of the territory of South Africa. Through this it has made ‘democratic and accountable government to the community’ provided by local government accessible to ‘all who live’ in South Africa. The experience of government is felt through local government, and municipalities [...]

Democracy is supposed to be the arrangements with which society has agreed to govern itself. These arrangements are codified into laws and regulations through which society reconciles the conflicting interests of the individual members of society. How these interests aggregate into an acceptable policy position, generally coded as law, is [...]