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FRIDAY BRIEFING | Justice deferred? Mbeki’s jigsaw defence

Thabo Mbeki’s testimony at the Khampepe Commission revealed this week that there is no interest in accountability – only in rewriting history.

23 Oct

Karyn Maughan | TRC cases: Mbeki wants SA to forget ANC’s dark history of NPA meddling

23 Oct

Fanie du Toit | Mbeki at the Khampepe Commission: Missing the point again

23 Oct

Qaanitah Hunter | IDAC was meant to be different – that promise has already been broken

Qaanitah Hunter | IDAC was meant to be different – that promise has already been broken

22 Jul

Malegapuru Makgoba | When ‘sick notes’ make society sick

Malegapuru Makgoba | When ‘sick notes’ make society sick

22 Jul

ANALYSIS | What ‘The Polygamist’ gets wrong about HIV — and what would save lives in real life

ANALYSIS | What ‘The Polygamist’ gets wrong about HIV — and what would save lives in real life

21 Jul

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Collapse of an administrative system is not a gap in firearms law

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Collapse of an administrative system is not a gap in firearms law

21 Jul

Mbhazima Shilowa | The battle of ifs: Mandela didn’t sell out... we did

Mbhazima Shilowa | The battle of ifs: Mandela didn’t sell out... we did

21 Jul

Adriaan Basson | Criminals, ANC rogues will rejoice at IDAC assault

Adriaan Basson | Criminals, ANC rogues will rejoice at IDAC assault

21 Jul

Lukhona Mguni | Wasting votes is no fix for unstable coalitions

Lukhona Mguni | Wasting votes is no fix for unstable coalitions

21 Jul

OPINION | The missing voter disguises itself as a statistic, but it’s a campaign failure

OPINION | The missing voter disguises itself as a statistic, but it’s a campaign failure

20 Jul

Ian Cameron | Does SAPS really need 722 brigadiers and generals?

Ian Cameron | Does SAPS really need 722 brigadiers and generals?

20 Jul

Jonny Steinberg | Cyril Ramaphosa deserves more than mob justice

Jonny Steinberg | Cyril Ramaphosa deserves more than mob justice

20 Jul

Wayne Duvenage | Senzo Mchunu: Taxpayers are paying the price of delayed accountability

Wayne Duvenage | Senzo Mchunu: Taxpayers are paying the price of delayed accountability

20 Jul

Fred Khumalo | Football is not entertainment. It is history, it is war

Fred Khumalo | Football is not entertainment. It is history, it is war

19 Jul

Essay | He gave his life for freedom, but first he gave me forgiveness: My Mandela story

Essay | He gave his life for freedom, but first he gave me forgiveness: My Mandela story

19 Jul

Interview | Willie Aucamp on taking Steenhuisen’s post, injecting cattle and camping

Interview | Willie Aucamp on taking Steenhuisen’s post, injecting cattle and camping

19 Jul

My F*k, Mzansi | Inkwazi transitions to Iphengwini, Prophet Padayachee and Milpark-Madlanga

My F*k, Mzansi | Inkwazi transitions to Iphengwini, Prophet Padayachee and Milpark-Madlanga

19 Jul

Mbali Ntuli | The Zulu crown needs a vision, not a spectacle

Mbali Ntuli | The Zulu crown needs a vision, not a spectacle

19 Jul

Bongekile Macupe | Thugs in ties: Greed has hijacked SA’s leadership

Bongekile Macupe | Thugs in ties: Greed has hijacked SA’s leadership

19 Jul

Zubeida Jaffer | Dear Madiba, please help us stay on the course you set for us as Africans

Zubeida Jaffer | Dear Madiba, please help us stay on the course you set for us as Africans

19 Jul

FRIDAY BRIEFING | Blunt instrument: Will killing small parties save coalition politics?

Friday Briefing

FRIDAY BRIEFING | Blunt instrument: Will killing small parties save coalition politics?

17 Jul

Mcebisi Ndletyana | Diversity or stability: The hard choice facing SA’s coalition politics

Friday Briefing

Mcebisi Ndletyana | Diversity or stability: The hard choice facing SA’s coalition politics

17 Jul

Michael Atkins | Coalitions need fixing... but not this way

Friday Briefing

Michael Atkins | Coalitions need fixing... but not this way

17 Jul

Poet, provocateur, mayoral candidate: Ntsiki Mazwai was ‘pissed off’ into running

Friday Briefing

Poet, provocateur, mayoral candidate: Ntsiki Mazwai was ‘pissed off’ into running

17 Jul

SNAPSHOT | Day 2 of Phala Phala interdict was about constitutional values, says expert

SNAPSHOT | Day 2 of Phala Phala interdict was about constitutional values, says expert

16 Jul

Nthabi Nhlapo | Political killings are SA’s unfinished business

Nthabi Nhlapo | Political killings are SA’s unfinished business

16 Jul

IN FULL | Mayor Mamdani: Madiba wasn’t a messiah but a mirror. Do you recognise yourself?

IN FULL | Mayor Mamdani: Madiba wasn’t a messiah but a mirror. Do you recognise yourself?

16 Jul

OPINION | This is what ‘human rights focused’ looks like

OPINION | This is what ‘human rights focused’ looks like

16 Jul

Pieter du Toit | IDAC’s survival: CI, Zondo archives could lie at the heart of assault

Pieter du Toit | IDAC’s survival: CI, Zondo archives could lie at the heart of assault

16 Jul

Chris Jones | Mandela knew power must be limited. Does the ANC still remember?

Chris Jones | Mandela knew power must be limited. Does the ANC still remember?

16 Jul

SNAPSHOT | Ramaphosa’s impeachment interdict: What Day 1 revealed and what to expect

SNAPSHOT | Ramaphosa’s impeachment interdict: What Day 1 revealed and what to expect

15 Jul

OPINION | Land for people, not for parking. Where is the political will?

OPINION | Land for people, not for parking. Where is the political will?

15 Jul

OPINION | Is corporate lobbying writing the rules?

OPINION | Is corporate lobbying writing the rules?

15 Jul

Mpumelelo Mkhabela | Economic freedom for sale: The Malema paradox

Mpumelelo Mkhabela | Economic freedom for sale: The Malema paradox

15 Jul

WATCH | LSE’s Andrés Velasco on the London Consensus and lessons for SA

WATCH | LSE’s Andrés Velasco on the London Consensus and lessons for SA

15 Jul

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