Unitary State versus Threefold Social Order

Unitary State versus Threefold Social Order

Governments around the World are generally singular in nature.  There are not two governments or three governments in a country but rather only single Unitary States or centralised Governments.  This is a limit that we have placed on ourselves in our thinking as...
Street Vendors – Another Perspective

Street Vendors – Another Perspective

In Johannesburg, and surroundings, we have all kinds of people at traffic lights trying to sell things, beg, do co-ordinated beer crate dances and more.  On the sides of the roads there are informal traders selling handmade stick fences, dog kennels and boxes. There...
Policies and Stats that they Produce

Policies and Stats that they Produce

Dear Mr. President, Stats are an amazing thing.  They tell you for example the number of school leavers, graduates, business start-ups, teachers, nurses, tax revenues, number of potholes, the number of falsely registered vehicles, the number of unroadworthy vehicles...
Some thought on Covid-19 and Lockdowns

Some thought on Covid-19 and Lockdowns

Economy issues: Let’s not pretend that we can build physical castles in the sky.  Everything we build in the physical world needs foundations suitable for the structure that needs to stand above them.  The same applies to understanding the world.  We cannot pretend to...
Threefold Key to Covid-19 Lockdown?

Threefold Key to Covid-19 Lockdown?

South Africa is in Lockdown, extended Lockdown as of yesterday.  How do we know this?  Our President told us. South Africa is one of the examples of a Unitary State that can be found world-wide.  Citizens of a Unitary State have one vote for one Government.  This...
Communicating

Communicating

One would generally say that successful communication happens when one is able to find oneself in the same conceptual place or understanding as the other once the communication has happened.  The Oxford Dictionary defines it as follows:  “communicate verb (SHARE...