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The trigger event for the ultimate colonisation of Southern Africa is, among other factors, the global trade demands driven by the pursuit of better trade routes to the East. The Dutch East India Company (VOC), one of the earliest multinational corporations involved in global trade, established a refreshment station at the Cape in 1652 after several shipwrecks along the shores. This station was mainly to provide resting and resupply points for ships travelling to and from the East Indies , with essentials such as water, food, and other provisions.  Despite the dispossession and the brutally extractive effects on the indigenous people, the DEIC decision established South Africa as a geopolitical hub with several global refreshment capabilities beyond the narrow colonial objectives that followed. Beyond the imperialist intents of later European nations, the refreshment character of South Africa assumed new and globally decisive meanings. As the G20 summit sat in Soweto ,...

  Politicians rely on credibility , credentials , and past performance or history to establish their right to seek legitimacy as public representatives. Conversely, societal leadership preferences have evolved beyond routine choices; they now reflect evidence and the ability to steer prospects, which is crucial for understanding current political dynamics .  Because society has been organising itself around issues of public power management , the criteria for leadership have risen. This means that being a politician now involves adapting to shifting, non-fixed social norms that underpin the society they aim to serve. In South Africa, the multiple, diverse, multiracial or multicultural political economy and socioeconomic interests are increasingly reliant on the quality of political leadership.  XXX It is no longer a secret that the country is in a warming-up succession battle for a leader in whom the executive authority of the republic would vest. The contest has ...