Taking Back our Power.
* As we embark on the journey that will be 2016, South Africa awoke to renewed and re-invigorated public discussions of race, equality, free education and the 20 million or so South Africans who struggle to place a meal on the table at the end of the day and the 2 people who own more wealth than 25 million South Africans. Many of these concerns often escape the important and vital link to an everyday word which we bandy about with great abandon. Democracy. Democracy in its basic definition is the institution that allows citizens to participate in the governance of their daily lives. The term originates from the Greek (dēmokratía) "rule of the people", which was derived from (dêmos) "people" and (krátos) "power" or "rule", in the 5th century BC. Now, the question that haunts me as we prepare to celebrate the 22 nd year of our “democracy”, is, if South Africa actually had a democracy, a rule of the people, why would they di...