South Africa has been experiencing a series of tensions that may be eating on its social fabric. This is due to the continued use of demeaning vocabulary aimed at a section of its people that were called ‘kaffirs’. Whilst the use of ‘kaffir’ is an abhorrence to humanity, it would [...]

A BEQUEATHED FREEDOM CHARTER AS THE SOUL OF THE NATION   The cohesion of a nation is always found in what is defined as its soul. Successful nations and democracies were and still are able to weather most storms as a result of their reliance on what defines them, rather [...]

THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS AND NATION BUILDING The African National Congress, arguably one of the key nexus of a nation-building assignment for South Africa, has over its history been at considerable pains to define a national vision acceptable to all. The general moral high ground it occupies or rather occupied, [...]

The political institutions, policies and mechanisms for reshaping a better nation can be conceptualised. The more challenging issue is embedding the right attitudes about the socio-political structure of those charged with the task. All socio-political, cultural and economic revolutions and evolutions require a set of congruent attitudes if they are [...]