This was published in the Sunday Times of 14 February 2024In a quest to give the successes of the governing ANC a face, President Ramaphosa introduced Tintswalo to make its thirty-year reign more real. Tintswalo is not the ANC's election campaign mascot. She represents a human form of the ANC's [...]

As the thirtieth anniversary of South Africa's non-racial and non-sexist democracy fizzles and the fiftieth beaconing, pursuing a human rights-based rule of law by erstwhile revolutionaries will create a new tidal wave of citizen-state relationships, particularly the understanding of the rule of law. Essential public questions include how to accept [...]

The idea of a one-party majority governing party might have run its last race in the sixth administration of South Africa. Majority rule might henceforth be an outcome of a consensus of the political elite coming together as minorities to create a governing majority threshold. South Africa might be experiencing [...]

Metaphors and parables are traditional methods of teaching or explaining in the African education system. Supported by storytelling and symbols, metaphors have provided sieves of indigenous scholarship and African civilisations for centuries. The intellectual resilience of African wisdom cues and philosophy-endowed idiomatic expressions have served as repositories of community values and [...]

Before the 16 December 2024 announcement by Jacob Zuma, it seemed as if the vision of having a South Africa governed by a funded consensus was on track. There was an implicit understanding that a coalition of the ANC and the DA would be the political silver bullet to the [...]

 As South Africa's political parties intensify their election campaigns and the prospect of a less than 50% performance by any of them is inevitable, the unfolding debate is whether we need a GNU or pure coalition government. A coalition government would mean a majority of minorities with less political legitimacy, [...]

 South Africa has always had a competitive soccer style, brand, or genre. South African players' capabilities have been a victim of how they are harnessed into a national asset for a while. The Premier League remains the most rated and best in the African continent. It competes with the top [...]

The existence of any illegal market or context where favours are exchanged for protection at any cost is a precondition for all forms of mafia-ism to develop and thrive in any society. As legitimacy to lead society and merit as criteria to be appointed to positions or provide services started [...]

THIS WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SUNDAY TIMES OF 28 JANUARY 2024The governing party's response towards the formation of the MK Party has thus far made it play into the hands of its most threatening adversary since 1994. The post-January 08 activities to counter the growing support of MK have come [...]

Published on the Sunday Times 23 January 2024When Jacob Zuma announced his decision to campaign for the MK Party actively, South Africa's political order started fretting about the implications. The ANC's unusual response indicated that the decision caught them off guard. While the opposition complex was expected to be exited [...]