South Africans are on the brink of a pivotal event: the commencement of a National Dialogue. This process, set to begin in a few months, is a momentous occasion in RSA history, thirty years after the negotiations that led to the 1994 democratic breakthrough. The urgency of this dialogue is [...]

This was published in TimesLive on 02 July 2024  Establishing the GNU’s national executive authority with the President at its helm is the tip of the iceberg our politics must navigate in the next five years or more. The facts are that South Africa has multiple executive authority centres with [...]

This was published in the Sunday Times on 02 June 2024 As the ink on the ballot papers dries, South Africa stands at a pivotal moment, grappling with fundamental questions. The Parliament is in suspense, with the governing party falling short of the required 50% threshold. It has struggled to [...]

The puzzling question about South Africa’s construction of a government of national unity is: if the DA evolved into an opposition juggernaut it has become through competition for political hegemony with the ANC, will it ever be able to cooperate with it? With a 22% minority vote, the DA’s hegemonic [...]