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The great African writer, Ben Okri, in his book, A Way of Being Free, writes: “There is no greater sorcery than poetry, than the imagination of

It will soon be a year since the first reported case of coronavirus in our country. The pandemic has come at a great cost to both public health and

The attempt by former South African President Jacob Zuma to destabilise the country’s constitutional order, and defy the rule of law, does not const

For many years we’ve been preaching about Black unity, for many years we’ve spoken about the need to unite as Black people, especially around issues

It is a new dawn for South Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa recently enacted the Political Party Funding Act (No. 6 of 2018) commencing from 1 Apri

One of the greatest, and seemingly perennial, ironies in the SA development discourse is for politicians to cry foul about lack of youth development

South Africa’s term as Chair of the African Union comes to an end later this week. As we reflect on our year in this position, I am reminded of the

The great philosopher Plato once said: "The worst form of injustice is pretended justice." Recently it seems that some in the media and our law en

For an organisation to reach a centenary is a great milestone, especially for a political party. This is because in a political party there is a cont

The extraordinary attack this week on myself and Independent Media by Sanef deputy chairperson Adriaan Basson confirms a long-held view that some of