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Author: Maud Motanyane

Maud Motanyane is a writer and commentator on leadership, corporate governance, and the responsibilities of the Black middle class in contemporary South Africa. She serves and has served in various corporate and institutional board leadership roles. All views expressed are her own. 

LAFA ELIHLE KAKHULU: FROM LAMENT TO NATIONAL RE-AWAKENING

SOUTH AFRICA RE-AWAKENING [IMAGE: ULTRAWEB SA]

In a marriage, betrayal is rarely accepted all at once. It reveals itself slowly — through disbelief, excuses, rationalisation, even denial. One clings to what once was, determined to “work at it.” And when acceptance finally comes, it is not relief that arrives — it is pain. Deep, unsettling pain. This is where many of […]

MEA CULPA: THE ABDICATION AND CO-OPTION OF THE BLACK MIDDLE CLASS

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South Africa has more Black leaders in powerful institutions than ever before. Yet the distance between the Black middle class and the communities that shaped it continues to widen. This essay reflects on the quiet abdication and co-option of that class—and the responsibility that now confronts it. There comes a moment when confession must move […]