One of the commitments in the GNU statement of intent is that “Parties commit to an all-inclusive National Dialogue process to discuss national challenges facing the nation. The National Dialogue process will seek to develop a national social compact that enables the country to meet the aspirations of the National [...]

This was published in TimesLive 07 May 2025 The prize of politics, including liberation politics, is state power through government. Post-liberation Africa has been unable to integrate liberation objectives with state power. Fortunately for South Africa, the political settlement was anchored on the liberation promise being part of the new [...]

 This was published in TimesLive 30 April 2025 The May 2024 election outcomes have increased the prospects of South Africa having a government without the ANC for the foreseeable future since 1994. Its inability to garner a fifty-plus-one majority has redefined how political power can be used to advance its [...]

Gaetano Mosca, an Italian thinker and politician, submits that “in all societies…two classes of people appear: a class that rules and a class that is ruled. The first class, always the less numerous, performs all political functions, monopolises power, and enjoys advantages that power brings, whereas the second, the more [...]