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GNU not working for the DA: Time for a “red line”

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This week, three DA ministers are in Davos as part of the SA delegation headed by President Cyril Ramaphosa. That shows that the ANC is

Without a big ANC revamp, SA is trapped

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The ANC is desperately trying to get across the idea that since it lost its majority at last year’s election, it is on a path

The Mozambique crisis and SA’s floundering

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In the face of widespread doubts about the credibility of the Mozambique election held last October, which was followed by three months of violent protest,

Syria: The winners, the losers and the uncertainty

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The fall of the Assad regime in Syria after more than 50 years in power marks a dramatic shift in the balance of power in

The coming showdown over racial quotas: To defy or comply

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For the ANC, the key metric of how well the party is doing and the progress it is making towards its nirvana of the National

The DOGE: A new gold standard for governments?

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What is exceptional about the plans by the incoming Trump Administration to set up a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is that this has never

Argentina: A year on for Javier Milei as a radical libertarian President

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Javier Milei, who describes himself as a radical libertarian anarcho-capitalist, has now been President of Argentina for almost a year. He promised to end the

Public Enterprises: Watch out for the “China Model”

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Rather than getting on with a serious turnaround strategy and reforms, the ANC is fumbling on plans to manage the country’s failing state-owned enterprises. The

Municipal Collapse: Waiting for the voters to elect councils that can do the job

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In South Africa we have rolling crises that sometimes ease, but more often, worsen in phases. We have been through multiple crises in recent years:

The tale of two elections and the consequences: Botswana and Mozambique

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Last week, for the first time ever, Botswana elected a new President who was not from the party that has ruled since independence in 1966.