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Nation Building

Time for nation building, not reconciliation
Opinion
/ 24 May 2023

Time for nation building, not reconciliation

South Africa today needs justice in many different forms and must deliver real political power to the people, which requires new trade-offs and political rules and set new norms

By Songezo Zibi
The effects of the recent looting on South Africa’s young democracy
Opinion
/ 22 July 2021

The effects of the recent looting on South Africa’s young democracy

Rebuilding is crucial, but democracies cannot allow themselves to be held to ransom by the destruction of anarchists in dictating where public funds should be spent

By Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane
An inconvenient truth: Virus presents symptoms of socio-economic injustice
Article
/ 23 April 2020

An inconvenient truth: Virus presents symptoms of socio-economic injustice

The speed at which substantial wealth was given shows that investment in transformation and justice does not enjoy the same humanitarian response

By Sorayah Nair
Ethnic consciousness should not threaten African nation-building
Article
/ 5 March 2020

Ethnic consciousness should not threaten African nation-building

Ethnic identity can be harnessed to strengthen national identity — and this can foster a continental-based African identity

By Amanuel Isak Tewolde

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