The Democratic Alliance has made Black Economic Empowerment an election issue. it has put the BEE policy of government in the centre of its campaign message. This matter has morphed to a level where it is now defining the empowerment of Black people as a strategic existential issue for the [...]

 The era of lawfulness and politics in South Africa has commenced. The Madlanga Commission is undeniably focused more on scrutinising prerogative and arbitrary government actions, which are decisions made by those in power without proper regard for the rule of law, than on what is publicly displayed. Executive authority overreach [...]

The scale and persistence of public-sector and, acutely, police malfeasance are getting the necessary societal attention. Laws, regulations, fines, jail sentences for offenders and ethics courses in business schools, to the contrary, illegal actors, bad players, toxic organisations and unprofessional corporate cultures inflict quite a toll. Unless society, in all [...]

The edited version was published in TimesLive on 26th October 2025 The African National Congress is in a phase of renewal and rediscovery, grappling with its ongoing political issues, particularly the integrity of its influential leaders. Over the past decade, very few of its top six, and later seven, leaders [...]