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All eyes should be on the Keystone State

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The American electoral system remains something of an oddity to outside observers – and even some inside participants. Unlike the popular vote, which indicates overall

Butchers and Bakers: The DA’s party management challenge in the GNU 

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Is being leader of the DA the most unenviable job in South Africa?  Tony Leon had the unenviable task of not merely opposing Nelson Mandela,

Starmer’s stumbling start

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Two days after the GNU in South Africa officially took office, Keir Starmer became the first Labour prime minister in the UK since Gordon Brown.

The critical flaws in the ANC-DA coalition folly

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With the dust starting to settle on the 2024 elections, the ANC plummeting to a historic low of 40% and the DA recovering from 2019

How the DA can win the 2024 national election

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The 2024 election results will be chaotic. With no party in a majority, President Cyril Ramaphosa will probably call for a government of national unity

Rise Mzansi, despite good intentions, ends up sharpening Vorster’s pencils

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Rise Mzansi’s manifesto, unveiled on 20 January with ambitions to contest the national and provincial elections, brings a seemingly refreshing perspective to South Africa’s political

Time for South Africans to disown the peddlers of poverty

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When Sébastien de Place, president of the Foreign Trade Advisors for France in South Africa, warned the government last week of the risk to foreign

Key to better SA is a growing economy

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With the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) just days away, the government must realise that increasing taxes to fund reckless, wasteful, and inefficient spending would

The arrogance of power: the ANC’s assault on accountability

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Civil liberties in South Africa are at grave risk, with police brutality and state violence being commonplace and, seemingly, untamed. It is vital to understand

Even the aged buffalo has horns: understanding the stubborn and formidable strength of the ANC

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In about 600 days, South Africans will be voting in the 2024 elections. For the first time since the middle of the twentieth century, just