This was published in the TimesLive on 15 August 2024.When a society is at a standstill, unable to find the best path to unlock its potential, it often repeats what it already knows. This results in a discourse about the future confined by the 'ideation prisons' of the past, where [...]
One of the Government of National Unity's fundamental deliverables is rebuilding a capable and meritorious public service. In this area, the GNU will generate scripts or scenarios to recalibrate how service delivery will become a feature of governing RSA. As a result, concepts and labels, some with deep ideological intentions [...]
This was published in the TimesLive under the title "ANC, beware, the opposition complex is mastering the takeover of surface politics" on 08 August 2024.With the devastating performance of less than 50% from the 2024 national and provincial elections barely in the rearview mirror, the local government electioneering has already [...]
This was published in the Sunday Times on 04 August 2024 under the headline "Zuma's expulsion from the ANC a risky move."The centrality of Jacob Zuma in the disintegration of the ANC is an area of significant impact that RSA thinkers still need to fully grasp. Zuma has been branded [...]
In 24 months, South Africa will face the Local Government elections to constitute the 7th Municipal Administration in its municipal jurisdictions. Local government elections give us municipal ward-based reaction feedback on the impact of statewide plans on households. Society engages with and experiences government through municipal government. This makes 2026 [...]
All those who have been members of the ANC, current members, and activists who, in one instance or another, have had a relationship with programs of the ANC would know it is a movement, worldview, paradigm, and a collective psyche about politics. It is not only a convergence of social [...]
The edited version published in TimesLive on 14 July 2024 was titled "The GNU is reshaping the dynamics between political parties."It is almost two months since the May 29 National and Provincial elections gave South Africa a less than 50% outcome by any political party. There is no absolute majority [...]
Published in the TimesLife on 11 July 2024 under the caption "ANC has graduated into a partner and ideological sweetheart of the DA".The emerging political landscape in South Africa redefines how political adversaries compete for voters' hearts, souls, and minds. From the moment the ANC succeeded in chiselling its monumental [...]
The competitiveness of nations has been measured on several matrices, with economic growth and development as the core measure. This is crucial as it directly impacts society’s quality of life. Nations have added new variables to these matrices, some of which have tracked and benchmarked indices to create acceptable thresholds [...]
Published in The Sunday Times 07 July 2024, captioned "The sprouts of reactionary nationalism."When Tintswalo turns sixty and thinks of the moment that marked the historic point of departure of our democratic order, the 2024 National Elections will loom large. The moment when the liberation movement and its allies faced [...]
