Sentletse Diakanyo

When Robert Mugabe and his henchmen were terrorising ordinary Zimbabweans and the opposition in a desperate quest to subvert the democratic process and further strengthen his stranglehold on power, it made perfect sense that there were growing outcries to isolate him. Any continuing attempts to antagonise Mugabe are nonsensical and counterproductive because President Mbeki has […]

“We can copy everything except your mother.” So goes a saying in Shanghai — but soon they will not only copy your mother, but your mother-in-law too. With cloning, such a possibility may not be far-fetched. From top designer brands to car parts and even motorbikes, if there is demand, China can be relied on […]

To have some measure of understanding of the Pan-africanist Congress (PAC) as a political party with no relevance in the 21st Century, it is vital to gain some insight into the pan-africanism ideology upon which its formation was inspired. The ideology of Pan-Africanism predates the Pan African Congress of 1945 that was held in Manchester, […]

The term “revolution” has been in vogue among the new ANC leadership since the Polokwane conference in December 2007. Many of us knit our brows in shock and have often been left astonished and wondering, “What the hell are they talking about? What damn revolution?” Having listened painstakingly to the revolutionary rhetoric of the new […]

In 2005 the President of the Republic Thabo Mbeki kicked his deputy Jacobus Zuma to curb. We are all knowledgeable of the circumstances that led to an unceremonious departure of then Deputy President of the Republic; and the shenanigans that followed such a momentous occurrence. Following the much lauded dismissal of the deputy president, the […]

During the oppressive stations of life, it was not uncommon to hear demeaning utterances about the nature of black people in general; utterances that suggested that black people are inherently brutal, criminal and represent the savagery that mankind never witnessed; that they are incapable of adopting a certain moral code or assimilating certain moral sentiments. […]