The ANC, its leaders, and alliance partners must accept that there is more to its existential threat than just the new post-May 2024 opposition complex. Some bigger political bullies seek dominion over RSA's economy and its theory of change. It might be spending time believing that its sufficient consensus coalition [...]
Published on 24 December 2024The Constitution's liberation promise of establishing a society based on democratic values, social justice and fundamental human rights is under stress. The idea of a non-racial, non-sexist, democratic, united, and prosperous South Africa is polarised. Political parties, or their leaders, have made the victory of the [...]
Despite its current challenges, the ANC still holds the potential to lead society. Like a New Year dessert for comrades, this hopeful message encourages us to consider the party's future. There is a prevailing belief that the ANC, in its current state, cannot reclaim its position as the undisputed Leader [...]
Today is December 31, and it marks the end of a calendar year; it defines a time society has agreed to mark twelve monthly periods with which age will be determined. On this day, I would, as a young boy, generally be in Soweto, Central Western Jabavu, 1037, to be [...]
The future of the ANC, once a professed force of the left, is now in jeopardy. Shaped by the geopolitical dynamics of the Cold War and the West's lack of support, the ANC was compelled to align itself with the left. However, its roots in the African liberal elite would [...]
As adopted at the Congress of the FUNDERS somewhere in South Africa, 1990 We, the Funders of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know:that South Africa belongs to all who FUND it, black and white, and that no government can justly claim authority unless it is based [...]
As the constitutional order advances and the inherent liberation promises endow our humanity with freedoms, South Africans must embrace the responsibility and obligations to safeguard the democratic order as a guaranteeing firmament. A new epoch began in 1994 when South Africans resolved to recognise the past injustices and establish social [...]
The NDR, a concept with rich historical significance, has been the most loosely defined. Unless otherwise changed, the ANC's POLEDU material explains the NDR as "the process of struggle to transfer power to (we) the people. Such power is political, economic, and social control." It articulates the objectives of the [...]
Only some political revolutions get to be completed. Because all revolutions end up with a settlement by elites and incumbents, they have become an outcome of historical moment-defined interests and less about the actual revolution. This settlement often involves a power-sharing agreement among the ruling elites and the incumbent government, [...]
This was published in the TimesLive 13 December 2024As South Africa approaches its holiday season, there will be no holiday for the ANC. The year ends with one of its fiercely debated subjects, the disbandment of PECs in the two economically dominant provinces. Without the benefit of criteria used to [...]
