“O President My President…Our fearful trip has begun…The prize we sought is diminishing”, writes a South African Poet. The fearful trip in the poem points to a journey towards a failed state. This cry fits the current state of the nation too well as there is growing evidence of public [...]

The events that followed the suspension in 2021 of the ANC’s Secretary General, Ace Magashule, are not only m definitive of the ANC’s future, but will at the same time redefine South Africa’s politics as we know them. Beyond this suspension will be questions of what becomes of the ANC, [...]

We are experiencing the emergence of decisiveness by a cohort of leadership. The country is thrust into a new era of leaders making decisions. Without reflecting on the quality or otherwise of the decisions, as a society, we must applaud that they are at least taken. We know we have a rare [...]

The implementation of the African National Congress’s (ANC) National Conference, and later NEC, step aside resolution has put the governing party onto the most consequential review of its consequence management systems as they apply to its leadership and senior cadres deployed at various strategic centers of state management and government. [...]