Feint and Margin

All along I have been advocating Brett Murray’s right to paint what he wishes. I was like Tselane Tambo asking the president to get over it, inquire of the painting’s deeper meaning and get on with running the country. I have been like Ayanda Mabhulu the irreverent artist who had committed the same act as [...]

A few weeks ago, I spent most of my Sunday morning at an ANCYL Johannesburg Region emergency general council, which had been called by the ANCYL provincial leadership, here in Gauteng. After all the drama and tension of the emergency RGC, as so often happens, we all went out for drinks and spent time socialising [...]

In tattered clothes we come Journeying from soul’s sorrow-land With Harmattan torn lips and hearts With amputated feet and hands and dreams drained from porous minds We come… Journeying through times trivial trials And unscrupulous leaders betrayals Consumed by foe and fear As we live in denial of liberal liberation and fervent fair trial For [...]

From Adam Smith and Max Weber to the current day, scores of writers have grappled with these questions. Some scholars, like Weber, have argued that religious or cultural differences create vastly different economic outcomes among countries. Others have asserted that a lack of natural resources or technical expertise has prevented poor countries from creating self-sustaining [...]

This week our nation was shaken at the very core when a Member of Parliament (MP) was arrested by Ghana’s Police Force for making inflammatory remarks declaring war on our nation and inciting genocide. Hon. Kennedy Agyapong MP of Assin North in the Central Region was charged with treason. He is currently out on bail. [...]

I was put to rest with no head An abomination in the eyes of my ancestors Yet, those I left behind in this world won’t let me rest As I lay my neck on the chest of my ancestors All in search of a peaceful rest Countless blood in my name they shed All for [...]

Monday morning has broken; another day to rush to the office. An hour in traffic coupled with the hot sun coming out at 8 am. In his air-conditioned car, sweat begins forming on his face In vain, he searches for  “Voltic” around him; he curses within.

The recent furore over the DASO image depicting a mixed race couple got me thinking about DA parliamentary leader, Lindiwe Mazibuko and what she has to offer South African society. Mazibuko’s rise up the ranks within the DA has been hailed by the mainstream, liberal media as a sign that the DA is transforming and [...]

8.00pm.  January.2012. Lagos. Nigeria.    I decide to get down from the car and walk to the gate of the pizza restaurant. I am brusquely detained by  the exterior gate by security guards. “Stop there. What are you looking for here?” the short guard sneered, contorting his face and scrutinising me up and down. “Is [...]