Success is a function of genetic luck, situational luck and hard work.
"I marvel, for example, at how ANC comrades have entire conferences about phrases such as ‘the national question’."
"The court is genuinely being asked to settle a constitutional question that it alone must settle with haste"
There is a more dangerous reality here that we all have to take extremely seriously.
"It is a question of when, and not if, Zuma falls, politically speaking."
Is Zille ignorant? I do not think so. She is well read and educated. Her problem is not ignorance.
Constitutional delinquent: Bathabile Dlamini is part of a political culture in an unresponsive government. (Photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp)
The judiciary is an irritating obstacle to eating from the trough.
"Do liberals care to chip away at inequality in the spaces they control?"
Human beings are allowed to change their views – but it is crucial to own this evolution. It is important to face up to your past behaviour.