{"id":57191,"date":"2026-04-25T04:51:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T04:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=57191"},"modified":"2026-04-25T04:51:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T04:51:42","slug":"2026-04-25-freedom-demands-more-making-good-trouble-in-a-world-adrift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/25\/2026-04-25-freedom-demands-more-making-good-trouble-in-a-world-adrift\/","title":{"rendered":"Making \u201cgood trouble\u201d in a world adrift \u2013 The Mail &#038; Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail \"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Making-good-trouble-in-a-world-adrift-%E2%80%93-The-Mail.png?resize=640%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Gemini Generated Image Zeiu7lzeiu7lzeiu\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Making-good-trouble-in-a-world-adrift-\u2013-The-Mail.png 1000w, https:\/\/mg.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gemini_Generated_Image_zeiu7lzeiu7lzeiu-400x218.png 400w, https:\/\/mg.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gemini_Generated_Image_zeiu7lzeiu7lzeiu-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/mg.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gemini_Generated_Image_zeiu7lzeiu7lzeiu-1536x838.png 1536w, https:\/\/mg.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gemini_Generated_Image_zeiu7lzeiu7lzeiu-2048x1117.png 2048w, https:\/\/mg.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gemini_Generated_Image_zeiu7lzeiu7lzeiu-600x327.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/div>\n<p>AI generated image<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">\u00a0\u201cFor to be free is not merely to cast off one\u2019s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I invoke these words of radical revolutionary and iconic statesman, our Foundation\u2019s revered namesake, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, to ground what is an undeniably difficult and deeply unsettling moment in which we find ourselves \u2013 as a nation, and as a global community.<\/p>\n<p>For over 45 days, the world has watched on tenterhooks as escalations in the US-Israeli war on Iran have intensified, sending oil prices soaring and global markets into decline. Yet beyond these economic tremors lies a far graver truth: in what appears to be a war for power \u2013 for the ultimate control of oil flows \u2013 it is human life that bears the heaviest cost.<\/p>\n<p>Each day, the conflict claims dozens more lives, with fatalities mounting into the thousands. And while this war rages beyond our borders, closer to home, over the past six months, the corrosive reach of corruption within our justice system has been laid bare for all to witness at the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption \u2013 the Madlanga Commission.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At a moment such as this, where freedom is being contested across territories, boardrooms, and broken institutions, Madiba\u2019s own name \u2013 Rolihlala, loosely translated as \u201ctroublemaker\u201d \u2013 feels especially resonant. It reminds us that today we need more Rolihlalas willing to take a stand and fight for just societies.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom Day, commemorated each year on 27 April, marks the triumph of the liberation movement in dismantling colonialism and apartheid.<\/p>\n<p>On this day, 32 years ago, South Africans \u2013 regardless of race or creed \u2013 stood united at the ballot box, participating freely in the first democratic elections that ushered in our constitutional democracy.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, while many will invoke the legacy of the late, great Madiba, his true vision of freedom \u2013anchored in the Freedom Charter, ethical leadership, and a commitment to global justice \u2013 is sorely absent in a world increasingly defined by geopolitical instability, democratic regression, and shifting centres of power.<\/p>\n<p>Adopted 71 years ago at the Congress of the People in Kliptown, the Freedom Charter remains not merely a historical document, but a living blueprint \u2013 a moral and political compass for equality, human rights, and democratic accountability in our time.<\/p>\n<p>Its relevance is sharpened as we witness a growing assault on international law and the erosion of multilateral institutions by those intent on their collapse. And so, we are compelled to ask: who, then, holds power to account when the very systems designed to safeguard our freedoms begin to falter?<\/p>\n<p>In 2003, during a visit to Malawi, Madiba reminded us that \u201cinternational multilateral bodies have the ability to, if there is political will, solve and prevent conflicts.\u201d He further asserted that business leaders, too, carry a responsibility in shaping a more peaceful and prosperous world.<\/p>\n<p>So we must ask: who, then \u2014 as our Board Chair, Dr Naledi Pandor, has so aptly challenged \u2013 is \u201cmaking good trouble\u201d? Who is confronting the evolving architecture of wealth corruption, and the resurgent forces of racism and white supremacy that continue to erode decades of hard-won trust?<\/p>\n<p>Who is meaningfully addressing the climate crisis, whose harshest consequences are borne by societies in the Global South? Who is raising their voice against the atrocities unfolding in real time, where human lives are reduced to collateral in a geopolitical contest for power?<\/p>\n<p>And how far into these questions do we travel before we arrive at an uncomfortable, yet necessary answer: \u201cme\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>In a world increasingly defined by apathy and narrow nationalism, Nelson Mandela\u2019s legacy of principled resistance, moral courage, compassion, and diplomacy \u2013 stands as both a challenge and a call to action.<\/p>\n<p>As a Foundation, our role is to honour the fullness of Madiba\u2019s legacy, not merely to remember it \u2013 to mobilise it in service of ongoing struggles for justice, and in pursuit of more just and equitable societies.<\/p>\n<p>Six months ago, we gathered at the 23rd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture under the theme \u201cEnhancing Peace and Global Cooperation.\u201d At a time marked by rising conflict, deepening inequality, and the weakening of multilateral institutions, the lecture served as a powerful reminder: peace and cooperation are not inevitable \u2013 they are choices. Choices that demand courage, conviction, and collective will.<\/p>\n<p>To realise systemic change, we must insist on accountability at the highest levels of leadership, while also enabling those in positions of power to rise to the demands of this moment. It requires that leaders, scholars, and activists alike embrace their role unapologetically \u2013 as agents of disruption. As principled, and proud, troublemakers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Making #good #trouble #world #adrift #Mail #Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI generated image \u00a0\u201cFor to be free is not merely to cast off one\u2019s chains, but to live in a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57193,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57191\/revisions\/57193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}