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National security threats, own goals, and a perfect storm?

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Last week President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office released the government’s National Security Strategy, or rather a cut down version of the full document on the subject

The ANC and the Mkhwanazi allegations

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has faced one of his most severe tests of his leadership and resolve over the allegations made by Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkwanazi,

The four US demands

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President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ANC must be furious that the Trump Administration is conducting much of its foreign policy toward South Africa through Afrikaner

How should the DA fight its corner?

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The ANC has not adapted to the reality of its failure to achieve a majority from the voters last year. That alone accounts for much

Iran backs down: Bunker busting bombs, Middle East peace, and Regime Change?

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After US President Donald Trump slammed both Israel and Iran yesterday, the US brokered ceasefire appears to be holding. That could mean at least a

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