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…
Judith February
All the President’s men and women
It turns out there are clouds on the horizon in the ‘new dawn’ announced by President Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address….
The Zuma Years are virtually over
Will Cyril Ramaphosa eventually appoint an independent National Director of Public Prosecutions, and will he be able to build sustained support within the ANC…
Moving beyond H&M to really tackle racism
The controversy hit when clothing store H&M ran advertisements featuring a black boy wearing a hoodie with the words ‘Coolest monkey in the jungle’….
On freedom, fact and falsehood
‘Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come’ Whispering ‘it will be happier…’ Tennyson One cannot help but be drawn by these…
The Great Negotiator, has his work cut out for him
Somewhere there is a photograph of Cyril Ramaphosa and Roelf Meyer taking a break during the constitutional negotiations, seemingly relaxed sans neck-ties. The picture belies the…
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…
SA electoral system lacks accountability
We have heard it said many times before: the South African electoral system does not provide a sufficient link between the citizen and the…
This is a country that can break one’s heart
This past week we again heard the name of Michael Komape. Michael was five years old when he fell into a pit latrine at…
Zuma acts without fear of consequence
In the past two weeks, we have heard Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba explain that we are choking in debt but that somehow social programmes…