My point of reference on South Africa’s transformation is the Freedom Charter. I am, of course, aware that as an embodiment of the social, political and philosophical aspirations of South Africa, the Freedom Charter’s entrenchment will be as daunting a task as the defeat of apartheid.

The great race debate continues this week with a contribution from Murphy Morobe who writes that the inculcation of a non-racial ethos in South Africa needs to be more than just a phrase in the Constitution.