In 2018, CIA director Mike Pompeo made a clandestine trip to Pyongyang to meet with Kim Jong-Un. Historically, and closer to home, ‘quiet’ backchannel diplomacy by international and regional actors were crucial in the transition of South Africa...
A national cake itself is made out of citizens’ taxes and common national resources such as minerals and sales of other national assets. The budget must therefore be fair and benefit everyone who has a stake in the country. In its 2019 Manifesto,...
Through 65 years on stage, Gwangwa’s playing contributed to every genre of South African jazz. Overseas, he was hailed as player, producer and composer. Yet he chose to step away from mainstream success for 10 years, leading the Amandla Cultural...
I’m willing to admit I supported lockdowns in the beginning because they seemed to be good in theory. Sacrifice some freedom now to preserve long-term aggregate freedom and prosperity. Eventually, every intellectually honest and reasonable person...
What is in it for me? That is the one most fundamental question that every Man holds dear. Every Man is motivated by profit. With this truth staring at us, we knew we had to have an answer should our potential sponsors happen to ask. And they did....
To frame our discussions, I always find it useful to go back to that guiding North Star of Vision 2036 and remember what we are pushing for and to remember that our long-term goals will only be achieved by short-term efforts. Though Vision 2036 is...
I would like to use both classical music and a technique within it as a metaphor for what I propose we could do to imagine the kind of ordered and egalitarian society that should be the aim of any responsive government. Popularised in the Baroque...
Even if we were to put morality and integrity aside, and vote on the basis of policy contribution and liberal debate of ideas, still, the outcome would be shameful. Nations fall, democracies regress. This is the nature of any human construct....
Of course, she knows that I love her. And I have no qualms in admitting that I missed her. She had not heard from me for years. And after she lost her MP seat, I wasn’t one of the many who flooded her mobile phone with sympathy calls and...
It is attractive, trendy, and has a lot to offer newcomers to indulge in and explore. We see a 'Korea Wave', a global phenomenon, with the increasing popularity of K-pop, Korean-dramas, and Korean fashion. Besides the influence of pop culture, Korea...
Student well-being is crucial but when the world was hit with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some of these issues took a backseat. It is common knowledge that school can be smooth sailing for some students and hell for others either...
The Action for Jobs story starts one afternoon after an intense strategy planning session projected a depleted marketplace in the not so distant future. Consumption has been on free-fall since 1989, but the fall gained speed from 2005. In this period...
It is quite intriguing that the concept of Lady Justice has been embraced throughout the world. If you were to visit Brisbane, Budapest, Dhaka, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Rome and Tennessee you would see Lady Justice with at least two of the three...
One of the more popular forms of initiative has been the Hackathon. This article therefore examines whether this approach as chosen by Government, parastatals and large corporates, does in fact do what it intends to do or is counterproductive to the...
This perception and chauvinistic sentiments are not just disturbing but hurtful and derogatory. They threaten the core fabric of our society founded on the principles of Botho and unity and cannot go unchallenged, lest they are misconstrued as the...
Oaths or affirmations taken by judges vary slightly from country to country, but all tend to capture the salient elements in the oath taken by justices serving in the US, “I ____ ____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice...
The exposure of non-smokers to toxic tobacco smoke creates a public health emergency that has placed the country on the top spot with the highest number of tobacco users in the region. The Anti-Tobacco Network (ATN) calls upon the leadership of the...
This was not true. (Morton and Ramsay, 2017) During 1884-1885 European powers met in Berlin to carve out Africa amongst themselves in a most indiscriminate and devastating manner. Families, tribes and ethnic groups were instantly divided and...
The government was able to ensure that the supply of most essential goods such as food and medication, which are mostly imported from South Africa, was not affected. Except for petroleum, which ran out for a few months leading to abnormally long...
Since then official news channels and social media platforms went abuzz with information updates on the virus every moment of the day. COVID-19 rapid geographic morbidity and mortality across the globe led the World Health Organization (WHO)...
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