Published in the Sunday Times on 16 January 2024 With Jacob Zuma’s decision to openly campaign for the MK Party and not the ANC, of which he is still a member, an intense debate about whether or not to put him through the disciplinary process has engulfed the governing party. [...]

The Israeli response to South Africa’s rendition at the International Court of Justice reveals the depth of crisis in the State of Israel regarding how it deals with its Palestinian reality. How Israel put the best foot forward and attitude towards Palestinian lives demonstrated the dramatic manifestation of the systemic [...]

What has been difficult for the dominated global South to express its discontent regarding the plight of the Palestinian people has, at last, found a voice through South Africa’s courage to take on its arch-enemy, apartheid. Gaza striped pyjamas were gradually becoming an accepted fashion to the extent that it [...]

THIS PIECE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SUNDAY TIMES OF 07 JANUARY 2024 UNDER THE HEADLINE “MK PARTY COULD TURN ZUMA INTO A NEW BUTHELEZI”. THIS IS THE UNEDITED VERSION One of the famous quotes by Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi was, ‘So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly, I will [...]