Fiat Lux
May 21 2015 – From time to time we get to hear African rulers and their henchmen take swipes at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for what they call “targeting Africans.” This usually happens every time an African ruler has been indicted by the ICC for crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide. Our rulers get excited, froth at the corners of their mouths, and bang tables, all…
It’s official, it is not working, it just isn’t. It is this election thing that I’m talking about. It clearly is not working for us at all though, like the proverbial madman, we keep repeating the same thing the same way every day, expecting different results. Whomsoever introduced elections to Africans was either ill-informed about our fundamental philosophical infrastructure or ill-intentioned and wishing us to be stuck forever in a…...
December 21 2015 Our bright little lady century is coming out at the sweet age of sixteen, and this is perhaps something we may or may not celebrate, given what has been and what we have seen. Still, wishing each other the best does denote good manners and proper conduct, and on this I certainly am keen. To my readers and friends, comrades all, I take this space to send…...
August 4 2016 South Africans went to the ballot box this past week to elect local councilors in what was described as a hotly contested election presenting the ruling African National Congress (ANC) with its stiffest challenge since the end of Apartheid. Indeed, early trends in the tallying of the votes indicated that the ruling party was struggling in places like Gauteng as the Democratic Alliance (DA) looked like a…...