While I was researching this week’s column, an article about whether it would be possible to remember South African icons without “expensive statues” caught my attention. The impetus for the article appears to have been two statues of Nelson Mandela that were unveiled at Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. face criticism Angus Leandertsa founding member … Read more
How does the state provide for its citizens? With the 2024 general election looming, and with the ANC lacking a proven track record of delivering services, this has emerged as the most important question facing the ruling party. How he answers this, and how he can communicate it persuasively to the electorate, could determine whether … Read more
The South African political system does not take education seriously. Education has lost its value as an essential feature of political leadership. It is neither a requirement of our Parliament nor a consideration of the leadership in the political parties. The political environment has become so vulgar that educated people are made to wrestle with … Read more
I recently read about how artificial intelligence (AI) makes its own data to train itself because it is running out of data to train on. There was a story in financial times About how many large companies use AI to produce the data that the same AI system uses to train itself, for example, Large … Read more
Could the EFF be the exception to the failure of previous branches of the ANC? In 1959, the Pan-African Congress (PAC) was formed by former members of the ANC Youth League under the leadership of charismatic leader Robert Sobukwe. They felt that the ANC had deviated from the program of action put forward by ANC … Read more
While the matter regarding South Africa’s commitment to the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin was finalized by agreement between the parties in the Pretoria High Court on 21 July 2023, some questions raised in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s deposition remain unanswered. These are questions regarding the alleged threat of war linked to the arrest of … Read more
Justice Minister Ronald LaMola has announced that next month the Cabinet intends to publish a bill for public comment aimed at elevating the National Prosecuting Authority’s Directorate of Investigation to what he calls “permanent” status: a misstep that would take South Australia’s anti-corruption efforts to a long dead end. Shortly before the minister’s announcement, shadow … Read more
in 2016 the the African Union (AU) adopted Perfects A roadmap for practical steps to silence the guns by 2020. Its primary objective is to stop human rights violations, humanitarian disasters and violent conflicts, and to prevent genocide. It is one of the leading projects in Africa Agenda 2063described by the African Union asBlueprint for … Read more
Slavery has occurred since biblical times. We read in 16 Genesis that Abraham She gave birth to a son from his servant Hagar, and he sent her with the child Ishmael “to a far land.” The first auction was in 1444 in Portugal, and slaves were subsequently exported to the West Indies, Africa, South America, … Read more
We have brought together journalists, news publishers, media organizations, academics, activists, lawyers, and economists from 24 countries, all with the common goal of finding solutions to the crisis facing the long-term sustainability of journalism and how this intersects with the behavior of big technology platforms. It is clear from the audience here that this crisis … Read more