The contest for municipal elections vote has not only brought to bear the importance of bread and butter issues, but began a process of redefining the balance of power in respect of claims to the struggle legacy. The inalienability of the ANC’s claim over the struggle history has never been [...]

The ANC was formed in 1912 as both a response to the exclusionary nature of the 1909 Convention that defined the borders of present day South Africa, and the rise of nationalism in Southern Africa. The founding fathers of the ANC sought to create a vehicle with which they would [...]

They know what it to be said isYet they know how sad saying it can beIn this sadness they cannot sayBut their right to say is guaranteed It can only be noise when it is heardBut not all that is heard is good noiseFor the goodness of noise has become [...]

The intergovernmental relations challenge of the Zuma administration is snowballing into a cooperation quagmire that requires political maturity similar to the pre-1994 democratic breakthrough elections. The political grandstanding of party leaders and spokespersons can only polarise the environment with grass and elephant consequences for the electorate. The need to understand [...]