The idea of a one-party majority governing party might have run its last race in the sixth administration of South Africa. Majority rule might henceforth be an outcome of a consensus of the political elite coming together as minorities to create a governing majority threshold. South Africa might be experiencing [...]

Metaphors and parables are traditional methods of teaching or explaining in the African education system. Supported by storytelling and symbols, metaphors have provided sieves of indigenous scholarship and African civilisations for centuries. The intellectual resilience of African wisdom cues and philosophy-endowed idiomatic expressions have served as repositories of community values and [...]

Before the 16 December 2024 announcement by Jacob Zuma, it seemed as if the vision of having a South Africa governed by a funded consensus was on track. There was an implicit understanding that a coalition of the ANC and the DA would be the political silver bullet to the [...]

 As South Africa’s political parties intensify their election campaigns and the prospect of a less than 50% performance by any of them is inevitable, the unfolding debate is whether we need a GNU or pure coalition government. A coalition government would mean a majority of minorities with less political legitimacy, [...]