William Gumede is an associate professor at the School of Governance of the University of the Witwatersrand and author of South Africa in Brics: Salvation or ruination? (Tafelberg). He is also the executive chairperson of the Democracy Works Foundation.
For real change, South Africans must vote with their heads, not their hearts
If voters want SA to prosper, they need to stop basing their choices on struggle credentials, ethnicity and colour
WILLIAM GUMEDE | No-go zones have no place in a democratic society
IEC must come down hard on parties that refuse to allow others to campaign in what they see as their areas
If the ANC doesn’t get its act together, SA will become what Zambia was
The events that have unfolded there since 1964 ring familiar when one looks at SA’s current trajectory
Ministers must be held to account for their departments’ failings
The time for corruption and blame-shifting is over and the guilty must be held professionally and personally liable
Accountability, merit and skills must be SA’s buzzwords for the future
Ramaphosa needs to come up with a holistic economic plan to respond to inequalities, poverty and unemployment
Until officials are held accountable, councils will never improve
Here is why placing municipalities under administration is not the ultimate solution
After 54 years of misrule in Togo, the Gnassingbé dynasty has got to go
The West African country’s president Faure Gnassingbé has many human right violations to answer for
Back to Stalingrad: the long Cyril-Ace war has only just begun
Magashule is using every tactic he learned from Zuma to ensure he wins the ANC power battle, no matter how long it takes
For the sake of Africa, Chad must seize this rare chance for democracy
The death of president Idriss Déby is an opportunity to establish a transitional government of national unity
This is why ignorance of the constitution’s true role puts South Africa in peril
Many are unaware of what it protects, playing into the hands of the corrupt and those who think they’re above the law