Former President Jacob Zuma managed to whittle down the country's institutions and the ANC step by step, as was exposed by recent public violence, writes Yonela Diko.

None would have expected that Jacob Zuma would turn against the people and take the country on a road to ruin, writes Yonela Diko.

Thabo Mbeki may well belong to a generation that learnt to accept that as long as white people are alright, all is alright with the world, writes Yonela Diko.

For the sake of our own survival, we need to know what we are taking from the planet that we cannot replace, writes Yonela Diko.

Not institutionalising anti-corruption within the ANC was a great oversight, writes Yonela Diko.

The ANC Youth League task team has a mammoth job ahead of it - to ensure it is different from the last league, writes Yonela Diko.

If we are to learn anything from our own history, it has to be that whatever limitations Cyril Ramaphosa has, Ace Magashule is not the answer, writes Yonela Diko.

The shifts needed to make real and meaningful change in racial inequality require deeply uncomfortable changes to white lives, writes Yonela Diko.

Education has become simply an economic investment used to draw economic returns and not a process of developing a human being for wider social development, writes Yonela Diko.

While the solutions are there to ensure we are energy secure, it will take a lot more effort from government, businesses and us to get it right, writes Yonela Diko.

Setting back the country with fake BEE compliance needs to be punished harshly, writes Yonela Diko.

There's little to complain about when government works. Making unfounded allegations is the only solution for some, writes Yonela Diko.

Zuma has managed to redefine himself as he wishes due to his support base. But why the party puts up with it has no factual standing, writes Yonela Diko.

The ANC has been at the helm of integrating people for a long time. But a united country doesn't come cheap, writes Yonela Diko.

The pandemic has exposed rich nations for selfish behaviour - which has disastrous effects for the rest of the world, writes Yonela Diko.

How municipalities can get themselves out of the financial ruts they're in, according to Yonela Diko.

Donald Trump and his new Republican Party presented more than policy differences among Republicans and Democrats, they presented a fight between America First and those who didn't love America enough, it was a test between god and the devil, writes Yonela Diko.

While the ANC's birthday celebrations commemorate the party, its annual address will also be a statement for the nation, writes Yonela Diko.