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Lessons from an immovable monument

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President Cyril Ramaphosa chose Heritage Day on Thursday to recommend that ‘(monuments) glorifying our divisive past should be repositioned and relocated’ because ‘(building) a truly

Paralysis by corruption – the ANC’s dilemma

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Here’s a question for you. Who said the following? ‘The ANC is pained immensely by stories of corruption. We are highly conscious of the damage

SA commentary: a crisis of credibility

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Read anything about the supposed primacy of race in South African policy-making today and you will be urged to accept the truth of it on

We, the invisibles

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If anyone is holding their breath in expectation of swift action against senior African National Congress (ANC) politicians tainted by corruption, they should probably sooner

SA’s 1980s moment: when leaders must be made to follow

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Twice this past week, in publications that could never be accused of being opponents of the African National Congress (ANC), direct comparisons were made between

Making a better case for change

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Four or five times in the past fortnight, in very different conversations, I have heard middle-class parents, students and young graduates talk of a future

Why we need to talk about classical liberalism

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If you are unfamiliar with the online platform, New Frame, a good place to start in acquainting yourself with it might be its editorial on

SA soldiers on, but resilience is not success

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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ‘Dear South African’ letter to the people this week had something important to say about why the country doesn’t fold – but

Don’t kid yourself: taking the knee is just too easy

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At a time when distant events are brought to us with such immediacy that we feel they are happening to us and that we must

The naked truth: when silence really is violence

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Much attention was lavished this week by, among others, the African National Congress (ANC), the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the South African Human Rights