Murphy Morobe
latest news & developmentsDemocracy sold down the river
The Change Starts Now project, which is backed by billionaires and fronted by former banker Roger Jardine, is a top-down attempt by powerful people to win political clout
Meeting by meeting, listening, building trust, popular power is not passe
Democracy can be about more than elections and the sudden moments of rupture enabled by social media. The patient work of building popular movements remains essential
As Zuma’s court case looms, anti- and pro-Zuma crusades intensify
While the Constitutional Court prepares to hear the matter of contempt against Jacob Zuma, groups defending SA’s democracy and pro-Zuma groups take the stage