The birth of our democracy was hailed as a miracle for reasons that we ourselves seems to have not understood, if not embraced. Was it a miracle because a Rabbi could eat pork and yet still recite the Torah? Was is it because it was a freedom that could not [...]

The arrest of former President Jacob Zuma elicits questions beyond him being a political Mze for South Africa. Towering these is the extent to which his arrest is a crisis to the country and its constitution. Regarding whether it is a constitutional crisis or not, there is a cognitive consensus [...]

O President My President  Our fearful trip has begun The democracy cannot weather these cracks The prize we sought is diminishing  The grave is near, the hymns are sung,  Our people are crying for your leadership While poverty is wrecking our social fabric But O anarchy, O anarchy, O anarchy [...]

Seldom do you find a dad that stubbornly stays a brother and friend to you. A dad whose conduct only asks from you prefixes often accorded to cousins and peers. A dad whom when you hear others call papa you realise that indeed he was your dad you still preferred [...]