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Author’s note

These are selected columns, blogs and written and radio opinion pieces. They appeared or were aired after 2005. A full collection, including my substantial work before that, would span many books. The commentary included in this collection tries to make sense of these increasingly uncertain, complex and dangerous times, and the astonishingly self-interested and empty leadership at the head of our society. Our leadership seems bereft of any fresh ideas, or, if not that, are either appallingly complacent or simply lacking the will to steer SA Inc to surer ground.

Sadly, in the rest of Africa and worldwide, for that matter, there appears to be the same leadership vacuum. Some of these pieces were edited and shortened for length. In some cases, the original version of the commentary was used when it was substantially reduced in the published version. These commentaries have all appeared in media with very specific audiences – and sometimes quite specialist – and have not always been generally available, at home or abroad. The intention of this publication is to bring this commentary to a much wider audience.

William Gumede

Johannesburg