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• When Reason Is a Luxury: Why Expecting the Poor to Behave Rationally Is a Moral Failure

  Apr 23

  This piece was sparked by a sharp and necessary provocation from Professor Katijah Khoza‑Shangase, whose Facebook post cut through the noise with a simple truth. We demand reasonableness, patience and… more ›

• Leadership, Law and the Cost of Recklessness

  Apr 16

  The facts are simple and damning. This was not a political act or a contested idea but the unlawful handling and firing of a weapon in a crowded public space.… more ›

• South Africa Chooses Strategy Over Spectacle in Washington

  Apr 15

  South Africa has taken a deliberate step toward stability in Washington with the appointment of Roelf Meyer as ambassador. After years of tension, expulsions and rejected envoys, Pretoria has chosen… more ›

• The War on Thinking: How Anti‑Intellectualism Undermines Change and Fuels Populism

  Apr 11

  Anti‑intellectualism is not a cultural quirk. It is a political condition. It thrives where populism needs simplicity and leadership fears scrutiny. Analysis is dismissed as elitism, expertise reduced to opinion,… more ›

• When the State Retreats, the Crowd Advances: Leadership Failure and the Rise of Vigilantism

  Apr 9

  Vigilantism is the sound a society makes when leadership goes missing. It emerges when the state promises protection but delivers absence, when justice is spoken about but never seen. People… more ›

• The Vacuum at the Centre: How South Africa’s Leadership Failure Invites Populism

  Apr 6

  South Africa is experiencing a profound leadership crisis intertwined with a deterioration of public discourse. The absence of credible, principled leaders across various sectors has created vacuums filled by populist… more ›

• Navigating South Africa’s Echo Chambers

  Apr 1

  The article by Nco Dube discusses the urgent need for meaningful engagement in South Africa’s democracy, arguing that society is caught in echo chambers that stifle curiosity and critical conversation.… more ›

• The ANC’s Mchunu Crisis Is No Longer About Rules. It Is About Moral Authority

  Mar 30

  The African National Congress (ANC) faces a significant trust deficit with the public after allowing Minister Senzo Mchunu to resume his position on the National Executive Committee (NEC), despite serious… more ›

• Leadership Beyond the Title: A South African Reckoning with Action, Example, and Failure

  Mar 20

  Leadership in South Africa has never been about titles or proximity to power. It has always been judged by action, sacrifice, and example. From the struggle years to the boardroom… more ›

• Tradition Without Translation Is a Slow Death

  Mar 19

  My first article on the syncretism controversy in the Catholic Archdiocese of Durban focused on what happened. It examined the public outrage, the selective reading of the Archbishop’s clarification, and… more ›