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The true face of the ANC

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Now that the ANC has won power for another five years, the true face of the organisation is once again emerging. The pre-election period was

A bigger stay-away vote in 2019 the biggest change

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Most South Africans will persist in expressing their discontent by staying away from the polls so long as they remain uninformed about the governing party’s

Most voters will go to the polls without understanding the ANC, or its “struggle”

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Persistent propaganda over decades has blinded South Africans to the ANC’s incremental revolution – and its costs. The millions of South Africans who will be

Is Ramaphosa really a committed reformer?

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Some commentators are pushing for a strong vote for the ANC in the election so as to strengthen President Cyril Ramaphosa and his supposed reform

Be wary of the NHI and CR’s capacity for business-friendly reforms

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The USA may cut support to SA’s AIDS programme because of grossly suboptimal epidemic control. US global AIDS co-ordinator Deborah Birx has recently warned that

Has the ANC ever had majority support among the overall electorate?

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The claim that the ANC’s mandate has been overwhelming since 1994 isn’t true. The ANC has long claimed that every successive national election has given

La La (farm) Land – Planning for 21st Century Socialism

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The ANC is deluded about its proposed distribution of land. Perhaps ‘One Household One Hectare’ is just a political slogan.Either way the ANC’s ideology perpetuates

Taking ‘land reform’ property at half price – and sometimes at zero

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Anthea Jeffery writes on the threat to property that is posed by the Valuer General, something that has been drowned out from all the noise

Damaging EWC proposals underscore the need for vigilance

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Advocate Wim Trengove SC proposals on EWC are particularly damaging and politically naive. They are often also mistaken on the law. For many months now,