It is possible that people are tiring themselves out through their acceptance of collaborative engagements that do not necessarily lead to better organisational or development outcomes
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Development scholars: A cross-disciplinary approach necessary for our discourse
In a world environment wherein there are a multiplicity of cultures, there cannot be and often is no one or single reality but a multiplicity of realities
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Youth Day: Meet your presidential hopefuls for 2031
Thought Leader and Activate! Change Drivers went on the campaign trail to find young people doing it for themselves
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Backyard rooms offer a solution to SA’s housing crisis
Letting outside quarters has been seen as a means of survival, but what if it is the natural evolution of urban development that could provide homes and livelihoods simultaneously?
Posted inBusiness
Creatives can shake up bureaucratic thinking
They are doers; they are makers and innovators. Such collaboration is needed to harness the potential of the creative economy
Posted inEnvironment
Africa must innovate its own climate justice solutions
For eco-tourism to be a sustainable alternative to mining, it needs to be less dependent on tourists from Western countries
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Africa’s development is dependent on young and old
Although it is generally thought that the youth hold the keys to the future, an intergenerational alliance could unlock more potential
Posted inEquality, General
An important conference for Afrikaans in Europe
Summer is a good time for attending conferences in Europe, and 2017 has proved to be no exception. This afternoon we had to brave a thunderstorm that would hold its own against any Highveld thunderstorm in South Africa, and that in Venice, Italy, just after our arrival here from München by bus. We were on […]
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Are South Africans really all capitalists at heart?
The South African news cycle often is awash with nationalist rhetoric from the emerging and vocal opposition, raging against the African National Congress. These quasi-socialists hold out an image of an economically liberated Southern Africa, a picture of Mzansi at peace on the land – their land. The capitalists too have a vision for South […]
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Where is the wealth Malema wants to redistribute?
In a conversation about South Africa’s socio-economic malaise with a thoughtful sociologist from abroad, he asked the burning question that is shaping South African politics: “where is the wealth?” We talk often in South Africa about wealth redistribution, black economic empowerment and socio-economic rights. Our constitution at the outset sketches a socially just society as […]
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Has the time for ‘talks about talks’ come in SA?
The student protests of the last year are reminiscent of the 1976 student uprisings. Those protests were the precursor to a political change in South Africa less than a decade later. When young, educated “born free” South Africans express anger and impatience it’s time to pay attention. They have shown they want action. They want […]
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Our fragile economy demands leadership with strategic foresight
Economic prosperity for any nation is not an outcome achieved on the basis of one policy focus and strategy. It is a result of a carefully chosen and managed set of development drivers and priorities in a complex system with a causal network of linkages that must work together to deliver the economic growth and […]