THE FALLACY OF THE NOTION OF ‘PREVIOUSLY DISADVANTAGED’!!
The term ‘previously disadvantaged’ is often thrown around without discrimination in ‘post’-Apartheid South Africa to…
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OPERATION ALIAS STILSTAND & THUNDERSTORM CRIPPLED THE PEOPLES PARTY!!!
On the morning of Tuesday 25 May 1993 – thirty years since the Organisation of…
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WHERE IS OPEN DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY?
Recently the Institute For Security Studies And The Nelson Mandela Foundation invited me to a…
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REFLECTIONS ON THE 2014 STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS!!
I watched the parliamentary debate on 17 February after many years of not watching that…
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ANALYSIS OF THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
Landscape is the artistic architecture of natural scenery. Politics is a natural phenomenon which has observable structure and form. It is the duty of every citizen to study and observe complex composition of political elements and their combinations in society.
In modern times, elements of political landscape operate within a political party or organization in a given space. A political party or organization is an interest based institution. The combination of abstract parts in political party defines its character and behaviour. The behaviour of a political party or organization is not accidental. The manner of conduct flows from the ideological and political designs of the political institution. The fundamental political factors are philosophy, ideology, governance doctrine, strategy and tactics. The dynamic interaction between these five characteristics determines party ability to acquire and maintain power.
Party governance doctrine, strategy and tactic determine cohesion and performance whereas the clarity in philosophy and ideology crystallize party policies and programmes. Philosophy is a theoretical basis of understanding knowledge, ethics and existence. It is personal belief on how to approach situation. It is spectacle through which a world is viewable. All parties have attitude, which is informed by its interest group.
