Searching for the perfect republic in the emperor's new clothes

As the country marches forward to 2016, on a journey towards prosperity for all, a new captain at the helm of a growing welfare state, contradictions abound as discontinuity and continuity wrestle it out in the theatre of national re-creation - where execution has taken centre stage, planning having shifted to the sidelines.

More than ever before there is a critical need to advance intellectual and political dialogue to produce ideas and solutions that would light our path into the future and provide fuel for the new leadership brand to find the right routes to pursue the right developmental agenda.

As often, I will draw from my passion - human capital management - to argue that, for ages we have embraced cutting edge ideas straight from the originators, refused to listen to unbranded citizen natives for fear of being fed with distorted generics, behaved as if we have discovered the Aristotelian eudaemonia, invited all to join talk shops, switched off soon after the departure of our adopted foreign brands, squandered the opportunity to adapt and in no time slumbered back into inertia.

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Diamond deal demands transparency

Instead, it has sparked a storm of accusations, denials, and unresolved questions about the influence of De Beers on the nation’s politics. Former president Mokgweetsi Masisi’s claims that the diamond giants bankrolled his removal to dodge taxes – and that the new Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government watered down a favourable diamond deal – are explosive matters. But without evidence, they risk becoming a toxic distraction from...

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