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ANC beholden to magical thinking

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When it first appeared in 2006, Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret swept the publishing world. It has since gone on to sell some 30 million copies,

A tale of two elections

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Elections were recently held in two countries which have some similarities to South Africa – Turkey and Thailand. And South Africans would do well to

Where are South Africa’s insurgent parties?

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Dutch politics were shaken last month when a party, barely four years old, emerged as the single biggest in the country’s provincial elections. The BoerBurgerBeweging

How the ANC can get minority voters back

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The news that the ANC is looking to woo white and other minority voters back as supporters was met with something approaching universal derision. Even

SA has the ingredients for lift-off – but will we get into orbit?

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South Africans, on the whole, are at the end of their tether. This ranges from the wealthy suburbanite who is looking into emigration options to

ANC collapse could happen sooner than we think

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The ANC stands astride South Africa’s politics like a colossus. To be sure, it’s not the force it was in the early parts of this

How we elect our leaders – time for a rethink?

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Mmusi Maimane, head of the One South Africa (OSA) movement and erstwhile leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA), confirmed this weekend that he would be

The folly of race-based policy

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Race is South Africa’s eternal fault line. Nearly everything in this country is viewed through the prism of race, from who our politicians are, and

Will the ANC give up power peacefully?

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Much ink is being spilled – not only here at the Daily Friend but elsewhere – on the fact that the ANC is perilously close

Buckle your seat belts, it’s about to get wild

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It is now accepted wisdom that it is a matter of time until the ANC loses its national majority in the country. There is probably