By June 16, South Africa would have inaugurated the seventh administration, appointed a new President, and appointed the nine provincial Premiers. The executive authority of the Republic and all sub-national governments will be constituted. A 50% majority vote would have decided on the above process. The democratic order will once [...]
The South African democracy is a nineteenth to twentieth-century construct. It is etched on the promise of equal rights to all voters despite it operating in an economic order that produces chronic inequalities. The politics to conserve order are not in the domain of those we elect; they are a [...]
The election campaigning has officially ended; whoever is still convincing is now clutching the proverbial straws. The country's political parties have spoken, promised, and even lied to us as a society. We are now transparent about who we will vote for, including if we will vote. As a people, we have [...]
South Africa has arrived at a stage where its politics are shaping into two dominant orientations, with rats and mice falling between the uncovered spaces. Two nodes are developing, albeit with ideological overlaps, the intersection of which is an area the economic establishment wishes could be occupied by a pliant [...]
THIS IS THE UNEDITED VERSION OF AN ARTICLE THAT APPEARED IN THE SUNDAY TIMES OF 12 MAY 2024, page 17. The sight of a post-apartheid South African flag burning in your lounge through a national news agency should have evoked emotions of disdain and insult in a state that has a [...]
"It is certainly easy to be wise after the event, and yet this facile wisdom is sometimes illuminating; for life, after all, is a game of blindman’s buff or a horse race in which some dark horse is always the winner", writes Arnold Toynbee in his 1934 rendition on the [...]
Asked about the disciplinary hearing of Jacob Zuma, one of his former allies, who enjoys the respect of Zuma, former Deputy President David Mabuza, responded by indicating that the process should be allowed to run its entire course. He hints that the evidence and counter evidence at the hearing will [...]
Until the suspension or firing of Khumalo as the official leader of the MK Party, the party's true character was shrouded in mystery. Zuma's move to position himself as the party's linchpin starkly reflected the widespread dissatisfaction with the post-NASREC 2017 renewal program. The MK Party, with its carefully chosen [...]
Published in the Sunday Times on 01 May 2024 and the Business Day 01 May 2024As our country is in the last laps of selecting leaders from what is on offer, we are saddened to learn of the passing of Ntate Sam Motsuenyane. A thoroughbred from a cohort of leaders [...]
Published on 28 April 2024 in the Sunday TimesListening to President Thabo Mbeki on the occasion of the launch of a book about the ANC Today letters issued in his name and on the eve of the 30th anniversary of RSA freedom, it became apparent that his recall or departure [...]
