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Jacob Zuma’s insincere economic mantra since Polokwane has revolved around providing contradictory assurances to international investors about the ANC’s position on economic policies. That Zuma and the ANC have been inconsistent in their messages to investors is an understatement. A conclusion that can be drawn from all these inconsistencies is that either Zuma is a […]

The genesis of absurd assertions of a political conspiracy against Jacob Zuma can be traced back to 2001 when former President Mbeki ordered a probe by the Auditor General, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Public Protector into allegations made by Patricia De Lille in parliament in 1999 that members of government were involved […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Any negotiator worth his salt will tell you that when you have a man in a corner always make sure that you leave him with a back door from which he can escape. If you fail to provide that you leave him only one option ie to come straight for you with all guns blazing. […]

In an article written by Don Makatile and published by Drum magazine in 1999, Credo Mutwa, our own Nostradamus, predicted that Thabo Mbeki would not finish his term in office. The sceptics in us probably dismissed Mutwa’s foresight as incredible and pure inventions of a senile mind when he had relayed his visions. Mutwa informed […]

2008 began as a year of possibility. The second half of this year marks the midpoint of our time allotted to meet the Millennium Development Goals; the midpoint of our quest to make aid more effective through the Paris Declaration; and the review of progress made so far in responsible financing for development since the […]