Africa needs to find new strategies to achieve ‘economic freedom’ and ‘decolonisation’.
The organisation has to put the welfare of people first if it is to achieve the goals of Agenda 2063.
When the politically connected keep gorging at the trough, bona fide black talent is kept back, writes William Gumede.
Black leaders who use the race card to hide their incompetence must not be tolerated, writes William Gumede.
African universities are under immense pressure to accelerate their developmental projects.
Universities must shift their focus and explore better ways of fostering a more democratic society.
Disillusioned ANC backers feel they don’t have credible options, and a union-based body à la Brazil’s Workers’ Party could rebalance SA’s democracy.
The members will have to make decisions both as allies and as competitors at next week’s summit.
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/ 16 October 2007
William Gumede and Ronald Suresh Roberts, who have both written books on President Thabo Mbeki, were given the same brief – to explore where the president’s relationship with the media went wrong. Here are their different takes on the issue. Their articles were written independently from each other.