This was written on invitation from LitNet. The edited version was published by The Sunday Independent on April 11, 2010. The ‘death’, ‘murder’ and/or ‘killing’ of Eugene Tereblanche will continue to court controversy, scorn and political grand standing for a foreseeable future. The central role this incident will be playing [...]
South African history is continuously being rewritten, expanded, and reinterpreted. This process is complicated by the diverse historical contributions of the country’s people, particularly in defining who the victors are in the broader anti-colonial struggle. Fortunately, this contestation has largely avoided becoming a major political mobilisation point, even though it [...]
It is my pleasure to be invited to this conference. I have been asking myself what qualifies me to be the keynote speaker. In my quest to find the correct answer, because I know there are many another incorrect answers, I stumbled on the fact that I like controversy. Controversy [...]
This was written on the 20 July 2009 The recent pronouncements on Co-operative government have resuscitated the almost buried debate on the nature of our governance system as it relates to the powers and functions of sub-national governments and the concomitant intergovernmental relations system. Whilst the current igniters seem to [...]
This edited version of this article was published by the CITY PRESS: 10 May 2009The 2009 national elections results have not only redefined the South African political landscape but also laid the basis for the fracturing of existing paradigms of intergovernmental relations. The intergovernmental relations honeymoon that was ‘oiled’ by [...]
This was written on the 30 April 2009Did the Jacob Zuma ANC victory either expose an apparent dearth of rational discourse in our democracy or reignited the discourse. Rational debates are by their nature expected to assume a scientifically justifiable objectivity; particularly in the often muddy political theatre. The importance [...]
“Prisons are the universities of crime and if you deal with the prison system and get it right and stop it from being a hub of criminal activity, it will serve in dealing with crime on the outside of jails.”In capturing the enormity of managing a prison system, Judge Jali [...]
INTRODUCTION AND STRATEGIC CONTEXTThe South African Local government and governance environment has undergone a number of changes. The changes are in the main visible at the level of policy direction definition as opposed to implementation. The role of local government as the ultimate service delivery agent of the bulk of [...]
