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Jason Musyoka
Associate Researcher at University of Pretoria. Guest lecturer at UKZN. Former Post-Doctoral Fellow at University of Pretoria. Former Research at Synovate.
The fault lines of Charlie Kirk’s socio-political and theological nationalism
The American right-wing Christian nationalist, media personality and ally of Donald Trump’s MAGA movement was shot dead on 10 September
Deconstruct irrational debates in SA
White monopoly capital and the Zille privilege tweets are reasons we need logical discourse
South Africa’s future is a human economy, not a political fix
Removing a president won’t end corruption because global capital is part of the problem
Illegal mining about survival, not criminality
Subsistence miners are in no more danger than legal mineworkers – and are no national threat
State capture fails the black middle class
The skills gained in public institutions should be providing a springboard into the private sector
South Africa’s middle class is three salaries away from poverty
"An assessment of middle classes should consider their vulnerability rather than hold a romanticised view"
The path towards a ‘human economy’ needs no help from elitist agendas
Oxfam has done commendable work but runs the risk of distorting the grassroots concept of “human economy” to placate an elitist crowd
The state is sick and, while it’s ill, it can’t fix the economy
A crippled state, like an ailing patient, cannot heal itself, but needs a visionary leader to perform emergency surgery in a selfless and moral way.
Africa’s 21st century moment? Not yet
On the surface Africa is democratic but underneath it is a ‘man-eat-man’ society, writes Jason Musyoka.
State capture and the centre that seems no longer able to hold
The risk of the current state of affairs is that it is likely to divide the country along several lines, from racial, to tribal, to class.
Why post apartheid order is only starting two decades on
The old is dying and the new is yet to emerge, but the end of the interregnum is in sight.
It’s not black and white in SA – it’s the working classes and the middle classes
Politicians need to take heed of the protest of August 3 – when the black bourgeoisie rebelled.