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Ramaphosa and Trump: The consequences

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President Donald Trump may yet fundamentally change South African politics. He has drawn our attention and that of the world to the very high crime

Ramaphosa and Trump: what’s the deal?

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It is unlikely that a solve-it-all reset deal will emerge from the meeting between President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Donald Trump at the White House

The Trekkers and the ANC’s stand-off with the US

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The arrival in the US earlier this week of 49 Afrikaners, who have been granted refugee status, was a slap in the face for the

The battle over race quotas

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Within a month after its legal victory overturning the VAT hike, the DA was back in court yesterday to challenge racial quotas for hiring by

The Zelensky visit: Engineering backdowns?

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There are signs of an about-turn in a key aspect of the ANC’s foreign policy. Last week Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paid a one-day visit

Racial Quotas: A path to job losses and slow growth

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In a display of ethnic nationalism and faith in central planning, the government released its new racial workforce quotas for private companies last week. Since

If the ANC backs down on the VAT increase

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The ANC appears to be on the verge of backing down on any increase in VAT.  At first, the ANC’s back-down on a VAT increase

The ANC can’t save itself by a “reset” of the GNU

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The ANC showed yesterday that it is desperate to dilute the role of the DA in any future power-sharing arrangement. It hopes it can more

Hitting bottom as a spark for change?

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Our economy is in a deep slump. We are getting poorer, with our economic growth rate consistently below the rate of increase in our population.

ANC: How does it back down to save SA from a full-blown crisis?

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Two big issues are now front and centre in our politics, and both point to the divided and weakened state of the ANC. Neither issue