“There is no act too small, no act too bold. The history of social change is the history of millions of actions. Small and large, coming together at critical points to create a power that governments cannot surpass.”

These words by American philosopher and historian Howard Zinn whisper a sensibility that I am bursting to shout as SA reaches yet another fever pitch for change. SA has been here before. In the 1980s when apartheid was no longer tolerable. In the early 2000s when the power of multinational pharmaceuticals and an unyielding president threatened the lives of people living with HIV...