In Sepedi there is a saying that goes, "modumo wa matikwane o latelela wa sekgokolo". This is then supplemented by "phousele e laolwa ke bothakga bja sebini". The Bapedi people would conclude this context by declaring, "sekgokolo se na le bokgoni bja go ba se homotše mola meropa [...]
The success or failure of a civilisation is not only a function of how innovative a society is, but how that society preserve what it already has by innovating towards sustainability. In this rendition an argument will be posited that as a society and country, South Africa has innovated one [...]
The South African Constitution establishes municipalities for the whole of the territory of South Africa. Through this it has made 'democratic and accountable government to the community' provided by local government accessible to 'all who live' in South Africa. The experience of government is felt through local government, and municipalities [...]
Democracy is supposed to be the arrangements with which society has agreed to govern itself. These arrangements are codified into laws and regulations through which society reconciles the conflicting interests of the individual members of society. How these interests aggregate into an acceptable policy position, generally coded as law, is [...]
The ANC showing in the 2016 Municipal Elections results represents its most visible repudiation by urban voters that cared to go to the polls. It redefined the political control and management of municipal budgets in South Africa's major metropolitan areas. It put on the sharp end of any analysis tool [...]
Dictatorships do not come as once off events, they are a gradual process. The story of the proverbial frog in a cooking pot explains the gradualism associated with how a dictatorship settles in. My grandfather was the first person to tell me the story.Later in life, and after reading more [...]
The generation of leaders that Tambo and Mandela led into the opportunity desert that South Africa was, seem to have or is collapsing into despair and panic over and over in moments of crises. Broken by encumbrances they carry in the system, and as an establishment, including shocking revelations of [...]
In a world full of uncertainties and deceit, friendship becomes what is available to bring sanity. We often find ourselves in situations where there is always a need to make a choice between what is good for our selfish joy or better for our collective happiness. The self is often [...]
The appointment of Job Mokgoro as Premier of the North West was argued by a Ramaphosa Cabinet to be as a result of a need ‘to restore trust and confidence between labour and government’; ‘assist the province to upgrade its systems and capabilities to a normality’; ‘ensure compliance with the [...]
Living in a society that has dramatic moments ranging from racism, tribalism, xenophobia, economic exclusion, religious chauvinism, and many 'othering' human tendencies imposes a responsibility on the conscientious to act as who they are. In a country where the existence of these chauvinisms is an outcome of previously legislated intents [...]
