There is an interesting, and yet revealing, debate or discourse which is concretising the fault lines of the divisions at the core of our constitutional democracy. Cabinet, the apex institution embedding our national executive authority is sending different messages of what happened in the aftermath of Jacob Zuma’s arrest. If [...]

In 1997/98 or thereabout, former President Thabo Mbeki warned (and I may be paraphrasing him): “When the poor rise, they’ll rise against us all.”  I wrote an editorial comment about his statement in Tribute magazine, stating that it will take the people of Alex (a symbol of poverty and squalor) [...]

The hands that gave life to many have gone numb. The body whose skill revived countless hearts to beat loudly has frozen. The voice that shouted order to take the struggle for freedom to higher levels has muted. A glorious spirit that defined the life of Dr Abbey Nkomo, ‘the [...]

In his poem, What Economy am I, a South African Poet writes, My Produce feeds me less, and feeds others for less, In my quest to feed self, I become a mess, Policies about me are made far away from me, My greatness is when others become greater, What economy [...]