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 OPINION | The pandemic shut the country down, GBVF barely moves the needle
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OPINION | The pandemic shut the country down, GBVF barely moves the needle

If the language of “national disaster” is to retain its meaning within South Africa’s legal framework, it must be accompanied by measures that are visible and capable of producing real change, argue...

03 Aug
Jonny Steinberg | The villagers who fear that Ramaphosa wants to kill them
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Jonny Steinberg | The villagers who fear that Ramaphosa wants to kill them

03 Aug
OPINION | IDAC reset illusion: Why patching up half-measures will not defeat kleptocracy
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OPINION | IDAC reset illusion: Why patching up half-measures will not defeat kleptocracy

03 Aug
Interview | Bantu Holomisa on bootless soldiers... and why SA can’t play Father Christmas
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Interview | Bantu Holomisa on bootless soldiers... and why SA can’t play Father Christmas

26 Jul

Johann Kirsten | The FMD vaccine mess: The thin line in saving SA’s red meat trade
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Johann Kirsten | The FMD vaccine mess: The thin line in saving SA’s red meat trade

26 Jul

Ramaphosa’s impeachment interdict buys time, not exoneration – experts
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Ramaphosa’s impeachment interdict buys time, not exoneration – experts

24 Jul

Mzwanele Manyi | There is no crucifixion in accountability: A response to Pieter du Toit
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Mzwanele Manyi | There is no crucifixion in accountability: A response to Pieter du Toit

24 Jul

FRIDAY BRIEFING | Built to fail or worth fixing? The fight over IDAC’s future
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FRIDAY BRIEFING | Built to fail or worth fixing? The fight over IDAC’s future

24 Jul

Jean Redpath | The Hawks can’t do the job: Why SA needs IDAC more than ever
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Jean Redpath | The Hawks can’t do the job: Why SA needs IDAC more than ever

24 Jul

Paul Hoffman | Built to fail: Why IDAC was just a ‘stop-gap measure’ to fighting corruption
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Paul Hoffman | Built to fail: Why IDAC was just a ‘stop-gap measure’ to fighting corruption

24 Jul

Sipho Ngwema | IDAC’s test is not the Scorpions’ fate
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Sipho Ngwema | IDAC’s test is not the Scorpions’ fate

24 Jul

ANALYSIS | How IDAC built a case on a letter that said ‘nothing at all’
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ANALYSIS | How IDAC built a case on a letter that said ‘nothing at all’

24 Jul

ANALYSIS | SA’s anti-immigration movement raises the stakes on social media
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ANALYSIS | SA’s anti-immigration movement raises the stakes on social media

23 Jul

Nthabi Nhlapo | Pretty faces, deadly allegations: Sometimes it’s the women we need to fear
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Nthabi Nhlapo | Pretty faces, deadly allegations: Sometimes it’s the women we need to fear

23 Jul

Pieter du Toit | The crucifixion of Andrea Johnson
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Pieter du Toit | The crucifixion of Andrea Johnson

23 Jul

Neil Cole | Municipal debt: SA doesn’t have a payment problem, it has an incentive problem
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Neil Cole | Municipal debt: SA doesn’t have a payment problem, it has an incentive problem

23 Jul

Shuaib Manjra | UCT is a healthy and resilient institution, resistant to clickbait outrage
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Shuaib Manjra | UCT is a healthy and resilient institution, resistant to clickbait outrage

22 Jul

ANALYSIS | SA needs smarter visas, not just harder borders
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ANALYSIS | SA needs smarter visas, not just harder borders

22 Jul

Mpumelelo Mkhabela | The General who wouldn’t yield: Mkhwanazi and the burden of will
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Mpumelelo Mkhabela | The General who wouldn’t yield: Mkhwanazi and the burden of will

22 Jul

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

22 Jul

Malegapuru Makgoba | When ‘sick notes’ make society sick
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Adriaan Basson | Criminals, ANC rogues will rejoice at IDAC assault

21 Jul

Lukhona Mguni | Wasting votes is no fix for unstable coalitions
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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
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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?
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Ian Cameron | Does SAPS really need 722 brigadiers and generals?

20 Jul

Jonny Steinberg | Cyril Ramaphosa deserves more than mob justice
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Jonny Steinberg | Cyril Ramaphosa deserves more than mob justice

20 Jul

Wayne Duvenage | Senzo Mchunu: Taxpayers are paying the price of delayed accountability
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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
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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
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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
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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
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My F*k, Mzansi | Inkwazi transitions to Iphengwini, Prophet Padayachee and Milpark-Madlanga

19 Jul

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

19 Jul

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

19 Jul

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