Cosatu announced recentlythat it is starting its own youth wing. Cosatu Young Workers will target youth, particularly those in learnerships through Setas, who they feel are being exploited. The cut-off age will be 40. Yet another youth league. That brings to… well, many the number of youth wings in South Africa. Youth leagues...
read more
We are in the second month of 2011 and one wonders, what else is the world in store for. In the last last couple of weeks, Egypt, Libya, Iran and Yemen have erupted into chaos. Citizens have to gone to the streets demanding that their leaders step down. On average these leaders have been in power for over twenty years. All this...
read moreWe approach seventeen years of democracy in South Africa (SA) with the question of whether the selection of judges to the various courts (Constitutional and Supreme courts) should be inclusive of public opinion. Currently, the position stands where the president of SA can appoint or remove: the Chief Justice, judges of appeal, the...
read moreDemocracy has many proponents, and probably as many (if not more) opponents; its efficacy is debated and legitimacy often disputed. Churchill is even quoted as saying “[t]he best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter”. Of course one’s repost could equally come from Churchill: “Indeed...
read more
Recent Comments