The South African debate on whether its Constitution is a facilitator or inhibitor in the quest to transform society is not only long overdue but is in fact timely given the minimum time period it takes to periodize a generation if 1990 to 1994 is the conception point [...]
The definition of South Africa as a country and society cannot be complete unless the prevalence of diversity as a phenomenon of human activity is accepted as one of its givens. Its diversities are mainly characterised by the physical features of individuals that make up its society. [...]
The ANC succession debate is with us. Again, it is dramatic and seems to be promising a new telenovela after one that starred Deputy Justice Raymond Zondo. The 2021 municipal elections have given the nation a trailer of how South Africans can behave with regards to the ANC as [...]
In his treatise on 'The Future of Roman-Dutch Law...', and as cited by Meierhenrich, Albie Sachs submits that '"when Mandela made his famous denunciation of South African justice at his first trial after his capture, he did so with an elegance that enriched the patrimony of English usage in South [...]
The succession debate is with us again. 2022 is officially a in-ANC election year, primaries of the real 2024 battle for governing South Africa have begun. Compounding this season is the compressed backlog of regional and provincial conferences that could not sit because of the 'social distancing' COVID19 [...]
In the remedial actions section of Advocate Thuli Madonsela, now Professor at Stellenbosch University, and former Public Protector's report on the State of Capture, she recommended the 'establishment of a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate "alleged bridge of the Executive Members Ethics Code of 1998", "awarding of contracts [...]
The proverbial story of a performance measure for one indicator at the expense of the rest has caught up with South Africa's obsession to prove its state capture and corruption theory correct. The tale goes 'a physiotherapist hospital was lauded for its best performance in keeping patients for a [...]
The ANC’s succession debate has again taken centre stage in the analysis of all manner of discourse in South Africa. The contest for political power is now firmly within the ANC domain. Opposing factions have once again concretised around personalities and not ‘policy positions’ and ‘promises for change’ even [...]
The outcomes of the November 2021 Municipal Elections, unprecedented as they have been and still are, might have brought to an end the transformation rhetoric as a currency of the South African voter market. When the fourth decade since Nelson Mandela was released began, relations between South Africans were [...]
“Just call me Arch”, read the inscriptions on the t-shirts he wore during defiance campaigns when he was not in his famous pink cassock. He was the people’s bishop who was always in the frontline. He took a stand against apartheid when he left teaching as a protest [...]
