The phrase from Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg address, ‘that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth’ remains a telling reminder of the proper role, constitution, and function of government. Yet Lincoln himself was party to setting in motion a process that
Alexandra, like many other former native locations, has a long and complicated history. Vakele Richard Mbalukwana describes how his parents bought their home during World War II: The neighbourhood was upper-middle class blacks with decent homes. People made improvements to their homes. They built modern houses for those times; they
The preamble to what is surely the most important document in South Africa, Act 108 of 1996, lays “the foundations for a democratic and open society in which government is based on the will of the people and every citizen is equally protected by law.” The Constitution itself goes on
Its breathtaking. Twenty years ago India typified the worlds worst destitution, which is why we were told as kids to finish our food because of the starving masses in India. On my visit last month I saw breathtaking prosperity.
I returned from a country that is lifting a billion
