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Malema: untouchable, invincible, and unstoppable?

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Having again demonstrated their prowess in battle, most recently against women working at Clicks and schoolchildren at Brackenfell High, Julius Malema’s Economic ‘Freedom Fighters’ (EFF)

Nats learnt from ‘mistakes’, but can Ramaphosa?

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Speaking in Parliament earlier this month, Cyril Ramaphosa said that ‘we are in rebuilding mode and correcting the mistakes of the past’. The government had

America’s 72 million ‘deplorables’: where to from here?

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The American president-elect, Joe Biden, says he wants to ‘heal’ the nation. Donald Trump, the man he defeated, is not going to be helping him

Steenhuisen gets off to a fighting start

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The acceptance speech by John Steenhuisen on his recent election as leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) hit all the right notes. He accurately diagnosed

An open letter to Mmusi Maimane

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Dear Mr Maimane Last month you published a letter to ‘dear white South Africans’, of which I happen to be one. You thereby played the

An open letter to Mmusi Maimane

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Dear Mr Maimane Last month you published a letter to ‘dear white South Africans’, of which I happen to be one. You thereby played the

Sneaking in more power for the failing state

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In one respect at least, the government’s latest economic plan is a vast improvement on its most famous predecessor: at 38 pages, the South African

Sneaking in more power for the failing state

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In one respect at least, the government’s latest economic plan is a vast improvement on its most famous predecessor: at 38 pages, the South African

Unemployment: it’s a moral issue, not a ‘time bomb’

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Times without number in the last couple of decades, politicians and pundits have warned us all that unemployment is a ‘ticking time bomb’. The figures

Unemployment: it’s a moral issue, not a ‘time bomb’

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Times without number in the last couple of decades, politicians and pundits have warned us all that unemployment is a ‘ticking time bomb’. The figures