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William Gumede is an associate professor in the School of Governance at the University of the Witwatersrand and author of South Africa in BRICS: Salvation or Ruination? (Tafelberg).
Some of the influx into South Africa of migrants from failing African countries has been self-inflicted by the ANC government. In its long-standing foreign policy, the party has…
The policy must be remodelled to become broad-based, helping make community organisations and social enterprises its core beneficiaries rather than political elites and their…
Ramaphosa’s decision to pursue a judicial review and the Constitutional Court’s call for Parliament to start an impeachment inquiry, will create tensions in the GNU
As multilateralism ends, the post-Cold War rules and international organisations such as the United Nations fracture, the world will increasingly see hybrid wars – such as mini…
All voter education must include democratic civic education, an understanding of key aspects of democracy, including the Constitution, human rights, democratic moral values,…
It was at The World that he found himself standing alongside one of South Africa’s most towering figures in the press, Percy Qoboza. To serve as deputy to a legend requires a…
This should be a mosaic of the best elements of our diverse pasts and present, histories and cultures
South Africa’s SEZs can help develop skills and industries, beneficiate raw materials and diversify exports if certain measures are put in place
Our post-1994 agreements are in desperate need of a new society-wide perspective
The party must rid itself of corruption, cadre deployment, incompetence and patriarchy but it’s not in the interest of some leaders and members to do so
The president’s leadership strategy of trying to unite opposing groups within the ANC through key appointments across the board has failed
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council’s right to veto decisions – often in their own interests – and their laxity in implementing reform proposals are among the…
Incompetence, corruption and cronyism are part of many liberation organisations for complex reasons, but such organisational culture tends to persist into government.
The past cannot be erased, but leaders can choose how to respond to it and how to forge a better future
Companies must behave like model democratic citizens if they are to earn and retain society’s social licence to operate
Reporters in Eswatini, Egypt, Nigeria, Uganda, Ethiopia and Cameroon have been arrested
Politicians must desist from blaming the actions of the former oppressor for their own decisions
The death of an Eighties student activist reminds us how much South Africa owes to that generation
The ANC’s well-meaning attempts at redress have failed, which means the issue has yet to be properly addressed
Technology provides African governments with new, efficient ways to deliver services
