The erosion of values in SA politics
The Nkandla scandal, like the Arms Deal before it, has revealed the underbelly of modern South African politics. At a...
Mphuthumi Ntabeni
The Rise of Satanism in SA
You know you have a problem when the politicians start poaching your problems for their political gain. We’ve heard the minister...
Why the pope is no marxist
‘So what of it if your pope is called a ‘Marxist’? It might be inaccurate, but both seem to rightly...
How do we Catholics vote?
A friend of mine, from abroad, asks if “the Catholic vote” makes a difference in our political sphere, as it...
Ntsikana, the first Xhosa Christian
The period of extreme dislocation from the Cape Frontier Wars, the nine wars between the Xhosa people and European settlers...
Prelude to a Xhosa disaster
Whenever the Xhosa nation is under heightened tensions, whether political or economic, it tends to appeal to numinous forces for...
The remarkable story of a Xhosa giant
Tiyo Soga’s 19th century hymn, “Lizalis’ Idinga Lakho” (Fulfill Your Promise) has been having a revival through the melodic singing...
SA’s corruption: What is to be done?
There’s been a lot of lament about South Africa’s loss of its moral focus. Our politics are that of the...
Xhosa chaplain led troops to a dignified death
The following lines from Joseph Addison’s play Cato, A Tragedy are among my favourite: Tis not to mortals to command...
