Few would dispute that the new draft constitution is a piece of document which is likely to create democratic institutions which would lead to a fully representative government through free and fair elections.The new draft constitution is neither perfect nor imperfect and yet it has an important characteristic…

 I have, however, secured excerpts of the speech in advance, and further, I have been advised that it is based on John F. Kennedy's speech in 1960 entitled: The New Frontier.The background is that the United States, though made up of tribesmen, hillybillies, rednecks, superior attitude New Yorkers…

 Who took me seriously at all even within our own party? Many dismissed it as mere cheap talk from an old man. Yet I was telling you what was certainly going to happen.  Now here we are . . .  face-to-face with a watershed election.When I told you…

 However, as they say in the legal world "ignorance of the law is no defence," and this same tenet applies even to our daily living. The fact that you do not know is not an acceptable excuse for failing to perform to expectations, particularly when you are occupying…

 Many organisations are now opting for psychometric tests as they have realised that they are a powerful way of ensuring the best candidates are selected by assessing their ability and preferred behavioural styles. Organisations can use these tests for career planning and matching employees to jobs, identifying academic…

The first lesson is that politics is a journey rather than an instant arrival. When I look through the profiles of those that you want to sit with in the Government of National Unity (GNU) principals’ meetings; they have long-drawn history in the political expedition. I can’t lecture…

And because memories of apartheid are not only limited to South Africa, the killing fields of Marikana must also be viewed as part of the southern African narrative of repression, violence and the historical de-humanisation of the African people. And this, even in the aftermath of the liberation…

 You lead by going to that place and making a case."The American writer who lived between 1935 and 2001 was making a case for leadership, which is the process of directing the behaviour of others toward the accomplishment of some common objectives. Leadership also involves influencing people to…

Which begs the question: What the heck were Hono-urable Ministers Patrick China-masa and Nicholas Goche doing in the deliberations that produced the constitution draft? What role did they play? They were active members in the negotiations, were they not? Were their views, at that particular point, not representative…

 Sadly, the return to a normal economy has left many of yesteryear's nouveau rich in a state of abject poverty, wondering when and where the wheels fell off. Many now refer to the days of hyperinflation as "the good old days" or as their golden era.There were many…