In his first speech to Parliament in 1994, 'multi-racial' South Africa's First President, Nelson Mandela, dedicated few seconds to deal with fundamental symbols of abaNTU subjugation that continue to exist to date. In his speech he said "We must end racism in the workplace as part of our common offensive [...]
O death with your dearthYou birth sorrows with arrow precisionYou collect the best amongst usYou rest the wanted as you leave the restYou still steal as we still expect moreYou create centers of interaction out of sorrowYes you are death and you dearth discoursesAs we see you we know we [...]
The African National Congress, arguably the nexus of all political life in South Africa, is in the midst of a demand by history for one of its most consequential review since its formation. History has bestowed on its entire existence the obligation to be a leader of society in a [...]
The events that followed the incarceration of Jacob Zuma are continuing to raise more questions than answers as the governing centre tries to have a relationship with the truth or otherwise behind the causes. The emerging consensus seems to be about finding a mast upon which those events can be [...]
There is an interesting, and yet revealing, debate or discourse which is concretising the fault lines of the divisions at the core of our constitutional democracy. Cabinet, the apex institution embedding our national executive authority is sending different messages of what happened in the aftermath of Jacob Zuma's arrest. If [...]
In 1997/98 or thereabout, former President Thabo Mbeki warned (and I may be paraphrasing him): “When the poor rise, they’ll rise against us all.” I wrote an editorial comment about his statement in Tribute magazine, stating that it will take the people of Alex (a symbol of poverty and squalor) a [...]
The hands that gave life to many have gone numb. The body whose skill revived countless hearts to beat loudly has frozen. The voice that shouted order to take the struggle for freedom to higher levels has muted. A glorious spirit that defined the life of Dr Abbey Nkomo, ‘the [...]
In his poem, What Economy am I, a South African Poet writes, My Produce feeds me less, and feeds others for less, In my quest to feed self, I become a mess, Policies about me are made far away from me, My greatness is when others become greater, What economy [...]
The birth of our democracy was hailed as a miracle for reasons that we ourselves seems to have not understood, if not embraced. Was it a miracle because a Rabbi could eat pork and yet still recite the Torah? Was is it because it was a freedom that could not [...]
The arrest of former President Jacob Zuma elicits questions beyond him being a political Mze for South Africa. Towering these is the extent to which his arrest is a crisis to the country and its constitution. Regarding whether it is a constitutional crisis or not, there is a cognitive consensus [...]
