POEM: The Patriot – by Motsoakgomo I Papi Nkoli
By Motsoakgomo I Papi Nkoli
I am a child of South Africa.
I am born in, raised, nurtured and protected by, South Africa and her peo...
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Umrabulo Journals
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BOOK REVIEW: The Corruption of Capitalism: Why Rentiers Thrive and Work Does Not Pay – by Guy Standing
Review By Ashley Nyiko Mabasa, Wits University Sociology Honours Student and YCLSA Branch Secretary
In The Corruption of Capitalism: W...
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Repositioning Intellectuals in the African National Congress – by Professor Muxe Nkondo
Speaking, listening, writing and reading in the ANC is aimed at a certain relationship between what we say to each other about issues c...
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Mar
Re-Imagining Tools Needed To Discourage Corrupt Practices In ANC – by Cde Bayanda Mzoneli
Re-Imagining Tools Needed To Discourage Corrupt Practices In ANC
At face value, the resignation of the Minister of Finance on Monday, ...
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ANC self-correction needs partnership with progressive civil society formations – by Mandla Nkomfe
ANC self-correction needs partnership with progressive civil society formations
As part of the New Dawn, ANC has a responsibility to r...
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It’s Time For A People-Centric Corruption and State Capture Busting Approach – by Reneva Fourie
The lesson from the anti-apartheid era is that social capital is powerful and cannot be undermined. If channelled correctly it can buil...
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Corruption and State Capture Across the Public and Private Sector – by Joyce Moloi-Moropa
The old and new political as well as economic elites are engaging to determine the shares of the new political order. Contrastingly, so...
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Mar
State Capture and the Credit Rating Agencies in South Africa – by David Masondo
It is the dependency of the state on business that predisposes states under capitalism to be inherently captured by capital. Without business investment, the state cannot generate revenue from taxation in order to undertake its function. If the state leadership or governing political party presides over a declining economy characterised by unemployment and insufficient state revenue to finance social services, it runs the risk of electoral defeat. So, it is in the material self-interest of the state’s incumbents for business to invest.
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Ethical Leadership in Social Transformation: Debating the Notion of State Capture – by Joel Netshitenzhe
What is the ethical foundation of South Africa’s democratic society? In what way is this rooted in the struggle against apartheid colon...
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EDITORIAL: By J P Louw, Editor
The writing “If you don’t know, learn. If you know, teach” are attributed to Pan-Africanist and pro-progressive books seller Una Mulzac...