Why does the South African National Development Plan divide us?
The absence of internal political management within the Tripartite Alliance explains why the South African National Development Plan divides us.
Politics and Redistribution
The politics underlying why a more equal society is not likely, and why and equal society is needed.
Xenophobia in South Africa: Unequal opportunities drive violence
These are my speaking notes from an event organised by The Star newspaper on xenophobia in South Africa held in June 2008. Unfortunately, five years later the same argument applies. All data in the article …
Budget 2013 – The New Is Not Yet Born
Antonio Gramsci, the influential communist writer, has a quote that when applied to the National Budget, tells a story of government adopting a “holding position” when more direct and deliberate action is needed to tackle what …
Maths Performance in Detail
Table on maths performance in the 2012 Annual National Assessment.
South Africa Unemployment Rates Second Quarter 2012 – Infographic
Summary – Unemployment data in South Africa from Second Quarter 2012, based on Statistics South Africa data.