The first Muslim Caliph Abu Bakr introduced a guaranteed minimum standard of income, granting each man, woman, and child ten dirhams annually; this was later increased to twenty dirhams. American revolutionary Thomas Paine advocated a Citizen's Dividend to all US citizens as compensation for "los...

IMAGINE what South Africa would be like today if Steve Biko was not assassinated in 1977?  Instead of a negotiated settlement in which whites retained some of the legacy of the nation's colonial history the country would look very different. Biko's ideology of black consciousness  emphasised the...

THERE is so much that can be read into a kiss. In politics kisses can signal anything from rapprochement with an enemy, to the birth of a party. The historic kiss between Helen Zille, leader of the Democratic Alliance and Mamphela Aletta Ramphele, affectionately known by her acronym MAR, which co...

THIS year marks the 20th anniversary of South Africa's first democratic election. The upcoming  general election to be held on a date still to be announced during the April–July 2014 period could signal a see-change in politics. The ruling ANC party has faced an enormous amount of criticism and p...