OPINIONISTA: Let the games begin: The battle for the heart and soul of the ANC will involve hard, soft and smart power

In wanting to understand the current power plays and strategies employed by the various factions in the ANC, and now evidently also in government and Parliament, I seek answers from the vast number of theories out there about power and strategy.

: “I judge those princes self-sufficient who, either through abundance of troops or money, are able to gather together a suitable army and fight a good battle against whoever should attack them; and I consider those who always need the protection of others to be those who cannot meet the enemy in the field.”

Here we can observe that the Ramaphosa grouping has opted for this approach to an extent by wanting to influence people towards accepting concepts such as ethics, values and principles, all of which are anti-corruption and anti-State Capture — attempts to influence people to embrace unity, nation-building and respect for the rule of law and our Constitution.

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