The importance of a nation’s social fabric to its economic prowess and development had never been recognized

What keeps the heart of anarchy pumping is reward.

The business empire of the Gupta family was given an international publicity boost worth millions by the coverage of the landing of 200 foreign wedding guests at Waterkloof air force base in South Africa.

There is mounting evidence that Employee Equity legislation has failed to redress the disadvantages in employment and income.

The word racism has a variety of meanings and resonances in South Africa. Calling somebody a racist is kind of the worst insult you can sling at a person.

Imagine five occurrences that will totally baffle you and jerk you out of your social depression. What would they be?

Benjamin Franklin, the American eighteenth century liberation hero, released profound wisdom into the American society during the period 1733 to 1758.

Media reports about mass board resignations, early retiring CEO’s, plant shutdowns, mass retrenchments and growing qualified audit numbers are all reflections of a new reality facing South Africa.

Every time I read an article about a murder or some other crisis in a government department or municipality I ask myself whether things are really falling apart.

Evil is steadily destroying the heart and soul of the South African society. All relevant statistics reflect the same trend lines.

The public spillage by the office of the Auditor General that national departments had misspent billions on consultants has angered people

The public outcry over moral decay is getting louder by the day. Custodians of society are leading the chant that our society had lost its moral compass.

The prospect of lean government had become a reality with Cyril Ramaphosa’s appointment as party deputy to President Jacob Zuma.

The support for President Zuma was strong despite the fact that only 39% of South Africans currently thought the country was going in the right direction, down seven percent from 46% in May.

Corruption is a lethal toxin that kills the spirit of free enterprise and public governance excellence in South Africa.

For people to live together successfully, there has to be a strong emotional bond amongst the members of society, held together by a sense of individual worthiness, integrity, mutual respect.

CEOs in South Africa are leaving their jobs to escape the stress and emotional intimidation in their jobs.

One is both saddened and scared by the behaviour and the resolve of the workers striking for higher wages and better working conditions.

The youth are calling for economic freedom in their lifetimes - but what does this economic freedom look like?

Was the moment the Lonmin platinum mine management awarded a 22% wage increase to their workers, the moment of truth for Cosatu?

In December the ANC’s leadership will vote for the party’s top six positions at the party’s national elective conference in Mangaung.

Efforts had been made by South Africans over time to define the cause or dream that will unify the people of South Africa into a high-performance society.

Henry Ford, the famous American industrialist, made the announcement that he would pay his workers the unheard-of wage of $5 a day in 1914.

People had arrived at a space in their lives where their desperation with the suffering and squalor in their environment had become unbearable.