This was published in TimesLive on 04 September 2024 under the same title. The revolutionary alliance, the tripartite alliance between the ANC, SACP, and COSATU, is at a crucial juncture that demands immediate attention. The context, supposedly occasioned by the 2024 election outcome, is pressing and requires innovative and fresh [...]

The anticipation for the National Dialogue is palpable, with preparations in full swing and potential participants actively discussing it. The critical questions of ‘what the National Dialogue is’, who should be involved, what the dialogue should focus on, how it will be structured, what will make it truly national, and [...]

This was published in the TimesLive on 29 August 2024 under the same title.  In retrospect, South Africa’s electricity delivery in the last fifteen years is most curious. Several times during this period, RSA has had the worst stages of load-shedding and, thus, energy supply instability. In a post-2017 period, [...]

The debate in Parliament has elevated the equality of indigenous languages to a point of visible equality before the law. The first sign of a society committed to its freedom comes when it demands the rights of authentic self-imagination. Political and economic domination is exerted through cultural influence.  The extent [...]