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Organisations have to understand that leadership is earned by advocating for people’s needs. History can also help us to appreciate that leadership is not endowed.
Although Nelson Mandela’s presidency fostered hope for a permanent end to the woes of the apartheid era, South Africa’s non-white population have come to realise that they are still under an oppressive regime—but this time, at the mercy of the country’s ultra-rich and ownership class.
Defenders of private property relations will often define private property as a natural and fundamental right.
With the SACP having (semi-) broken from the nationalist cover of the ANC, the question is ‘why’ and what are its implications?
While the GNU has every chance of being good for some, the same cannot be said about the many.
Retired trade unionist Dinga Sikwebu’s characterisation of the current political situation as a stalemate — and therefore a basis for the much-vaunted national dialogue and social compact — fatally assumes that we have a political elite and business class with...
This article was first published in City Press. We are publishing a variety of views on the election results to stimulate debate. South Africa held its national and provincial elections on 29 May, amid the 30th anniversary of the end of apartheid. Contrary to...
IT IS COMMON FOR THE STATE OF THE Nation (SONA) to begin with a poetic quote or reflection on the fearlessness of the late Nelson Mandela, and our journey into freedom. In 2020 for instance, the President eloquently reminded us of Madiba’s spirit of fearlessness and...
By Butjwana Seokoma Former South African President, Nelson Mandela, reminded us in 1994 that: “A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy.” 16 years into democracy, opposition parties, civil society, activists and other...