In his tribute to Essop Pahad, under a hawkish watch of the ANC’s most organised formation of elders and veterans outside its Veterans League, the 101 Veterans, Paul Mashatile invoked a Marxist adage to characterise the deeper issues inside his organisation, which are not in our immediate purview.  He said Comrade [...]

It is rare to find a society, political parties, and civil society movements discussing the future of their country’s leadership with the incumbent still in charge and pursuing a legally acceptable second term. This rarity is what a society like South Africa needs to project into the future whilst in [...]

The edited version was published in the SundayTimes of 02 July 2023 South Africa as a state has been experiencing a steady decline as a reliable and sustainable service delivery system. Whilst its policies have defined ‘the what’ is to be done aspects of government, its politics have ravaged its [...]

This was developed into a fully-fledged Working Paper, published by the Thinc Foundation Ours has always been a struggle for the creation of a national democratic society. For this noble mission, we are proponents of the National Democratic Revolution that must usher in a national democratic society in all its [...]