A version of this essay appeared in The Daily Maverick on January 11, 2021. [I'm working on a forward-looking, solution-oriented book on South African politics. In it I argue that to accelerate inclusive development, we need
American democracy has a number of structural flaws. Things which might have made sense centuries ago no longer do and need to be rethought. High among these are: the anti-majoritarian senate and electoral college; too
A version of this article was published in Daily Maverick on May 5, 2020. The pandemic does not change the fundamental democratic requirement for citizens to closely scrutinize the quality of public decision-making. We can appreciate President Ramaphosa’s steady,
