Paper 10: Assessing COVID-19 response measures – South Africa
South Africa recorded its first case of COVID-19 on 5 March 2020. The Government has implemented a wide range of measures in order to…
Constitution
HOW THE EFF HAS SHIFTED SA POLITICS TO THE LEFT
The rise of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in the May 8, 2019 election, has ushered in the arrival of black leftist populism as…
DEMOCRATISING SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIETY
As South Africa celebrates 25 years of freedom, we may have on paper a democratic constitution, democratic institutions, and stage regular elections, but society…
SA’S long journey to transition
Transition: ‘the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.’ The word has an effortless ring to it, as…
South Africa’s long walk must continue
If we ever needed a more graphic example of what the ANC has become, we need to look no further than the video footage…
Dreams in a time of war
What is the definition of war? When is a country at war? Is our country now at war with itself? These are questions that…
SA stuck between hope and despair
We live in precarious times, wafting as we are between glimmers of hope and then despair. The most recent political discourse has largely been…
How do we renew the colours of our Constitution?
This is a dangerous moment in the history of our democracy and not unlike the last heady days of the Republic. We might do…
Ten Battles we must win in 2017
It’s State of the Nation Address time again. Once again we are lining up like lambs before the proverbial slaughter. We know we are…
The ANC is adrift, and the country with it
Maybe the ANC already does know that it’s in trouble. Mantashe, who somehow manages to annoy a little less than some of his other…