2008

If ever a man deserves the oblivion that a new election in Zimbabwe would bring then that man is President Robert Mugabe. He and the Zanu-PF’s failure to recognise the miracle that former South African president Thabo Mbeki achieved in arranging a power sharing deal, by failing to allow its implementation as contemplated, has brought […]

I thought I could never breathe in actual heat short of a flame-blowing display gone smolderingly wrong, but Namibia quickly helps one re-evaluate what one holds as the physically impossible in nature, replacing your sentiments with an extended actual of what reality can be. At first glance one would not understand why a European superpower […]

Dear Reader, http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71654?oid=105770&sn=Detail Before you read on and (hopefully) get lost in my thoughts on the above, do peruse the link above and take in what uMntwana wakwa-Phindangene has to say on recent political events, for the train of thought that delivered this blog set off from the station that was his ever-eloquent and incisive […]

The constitution of the People’s Republic of China is the only constitution I am aware of that openly embraces dictatorship as a form of government. A phrase “People’s democratic dictatorship” which was coined by Chairman Mao is contained in the constitution. Some countries have openly embraced the concept of benevolent dictatorship, although not explicitly outlined […]

Ah, the universe works in mysterious ways. Just the other day a South African friend and colleague and I were wondering what on earth happened to Steven Cohen. And lo and behold, here he is again, complaining because, along with Peet Pienaar, he has apparently been dumped from a list of artists recommended for inclusion […]

Maybe it’s just me but the two-tier cabinet proposal, submitted by the South African Communist Party at the Tripartite-Alliance’s economic policy meeting held over the course of last weekend, appears to be very similar to the central committee and politburo model of the former Soviet Union. Indeed for ‘central committee’ read ‘ANC NEC’ who in […]