Gangster’s paradise: state capture isn’t over

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Bombshell accusations levelled at police minister Senzo Mchunu demonstrate that one way or another, the state remains captured at the highest levels. On 16 August

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How the ANC obstructs progress  

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The ANC’s national dialogue initiative is a propaganda exercise which other political parties and civil society leaders should counter with workable solutions. Let’s explore why this is unlikely. Our ruling party has long been very effective at shaping our national

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The tragic failure of independent Africa

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“Look what’s happening in the north! Look what happens when the blacks take over!” In South Africa, in the 1960s, this is what I heard over and over again from white people, when I tried to argue for giving black

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The BEE 100: publish their names

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World attention is increasingly focused on South Africa. In the vast, rich country of extremes and diversity, human dramas are played off every day. It is the country of gold, diamonds, apartheid and Soweto. Despite this, a crucial element of

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With the wind at his back … Steenhuisen and the “moonshot pact”

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The following is the second extract from my book, Rule Breakers: How the 2024 election campaign changed South Africa forever, published by Protea. The first extract, Turning up the volume: Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma and democratic SA’s most consequential election, was

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A non-racial future: The Baby Boks, Joburg and economic growth

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I was recently pondering the Junior Springboks’ 73-17 thrashing of Australia and the fact that the starting line-up had seven black players, four coloured players and four white players. As a keen watcher of rugby at school level and having

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Corruption can be captured

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Society is confronted by a multitude of serious global crises. These include regional wars, revolutions, increasing anti-Semitism and Islamism, unprecedented fires, floods and famine, diminishing natural resources, nuclear proliferation and rising geo-political tensions, reminiscent of the worst days of the

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The toxic lure of enclaves and anti-immigrationism

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Ethnic nationalists who wish to retreat to minority enclaves and oppose immigration are misinformed and rather delusional. “What will it take for minorities to stand together and create a safe enclave?” asked a commenter on a recent Daily Friend article

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Not much to cry over

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On Tuesday 23 September 2008, Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang convened a press conference. She looked buggered, hungover and depressed. She didn’t break out into fluent Russian − as she was sometimes known to do − but instead read from