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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
Zubeida Jaffer | Dear Madiba, please help us stay on the course you set for us as Africans
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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?
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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
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Mcebisi Ndletyana | Diversity or stability: The hard choice facing SA’s coalition politics

17 Jul

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

17 Jul

Poet, provocateur, mayoral candidate: Ntsiki Mazwai was ‘pissed off’ into running
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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
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SNAPSHOT | Day 2 of Phala Phala interdict was about constitutional values, says expert

16 Jul

Nthabi Nhlapo | Political killings are SA’s unfinished business
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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?
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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?
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OPINION | Land for people, not for parking. Where is the political will?

15 Jul

OPINION | Is corporate lobbying writing the rules?
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OPINION | Is corporate lobbying writing the rules?

15 Jul

Mpumelelo Mkhabela | Economic freedom for sale: The Malema paradox
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Mpumelelo Mkhabela | Economic freedom for sale: The Malema paradox

15 Jul

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

15 Jul

OPINION | LEN can stop HIV, but regular people (like my aunt) need to understand it first
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OPINION | LEN can stop HIV, but regular people (like my aunt) need to understand it first

14 Jul

MK is coming for uMngeni. Pappas says he’s ready
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MK is coming for uMngeni. Pappas says he’s ready

14 Jul

Mbhazima Shilowa | SA needs institutions, not personalities, to defeat organised crime
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Mbhazima Shilowa | SA needs institutions, not personalities, to defeat organised crime

14 Jul

Qaanitah Hunter | Accra-money: Why Ghana’s anti-SA campaign is about gold, not xenophobia
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Qaanitah Hunter | Accra-money: Why Ghana’s anti-SA campaign is about gold, not xenophobia

14 Jul

Mmusi Maimane | SA’s municipalities are failing because accountability has collapsed
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Mmusi Maimane | SA’s municipalities are failing because accountability has collapsed

14 Jul

ANALYSIS | What will it take for SA to outsmart Mandrax traffickers?
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ANALYSIS | What will it take for SA to outsmart Mandrax traffickers?

13 Jul

Ziyad Motala | The constitutional case for regulating private healthcare
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Ziyad Motala | The constitutional case for regulating private healthcare

13 Jul

Pierre de Vos | Spatial apartheid, belonging, and the dream of a different Cape Town
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Pierre de Vos | Spatial apartheid, belonging, and the dream of a different Cape Town

13 Jul

Chris Pappas | There is much more to do. That’s why I am running for mayor again
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Chris Pappas | There is much more to do. That’s why I am running for mayor again

13 Jul

Pieter du Toit | ‘Boerepolitiek’: Aucamp’s job is much bigger than placating the right
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Pieter du Toit | ‘Boerepolitiek’: Aucamp’s job is much bigger than placating the right

12 Jul

Jan Gerber | Did John Steenhuisen open the gate to transparent lobbying?
Analysis

Jan Gerber | Did John Steenhuisen open the gate to transparent lobbying?

12 Jul

Jonathan Jansen | What the hate directed at deputy minister Yusuf Cassim reveals about us
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Jonathan Jansen | What the hate directed at deputy minister Yusuf Cassim reveals about us

12 Jul

Interview | Tembinkosi Bonakele on bread cartels, bogus NGOs, and his new Lotteries job
Analysis

Interview | Tembinkosi Bonakele on bread cartels, bogus NGOs, and his new Lotteries job

12 Jul

My F*k, Mzansi | Spy games, Trump’s FIFA red card, and Dada’s dumpster dive
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My F*k, Mzansi | Spy games, Trump’s FIFA red card, and Dada’s dumpster dive

12 Jul

Essay | Scapegoat Republic: SA’s slow march back to separate development
Analysis

Essay | Scapegoat Republic: SA’s slow march back to separate development

12 Jul

OBITUARY | Dieter Gerhardt: Goodbye, Felix. SA’s greatest known Soviet spy dies, 91
Obituaries

OBITUARY | Dieter Gerhardt: Goodbye, Felix. SA’s greatest known Soviet spy dies, 91

10 Jul

FRIDAY BRIEFING | The ANC’s march to self-ruin
Friday Briefing

FRIDAY BRIEFING | The ANC’s march to self-ruin

10 Jul

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