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Communities must take the initiative

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‘It isn’t a Bill of Rights that produces freedom. It’s the structure of government that prevents anybody from seizing all the power. Once that happens,

Ill-treatment of minorities will end only if consensus becomes the foundation of our institutions

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Africa is not short of ill-treated minorities. While on this part of the continent, race and nationalism dominate the political scene, ethnicity is a bigger

Ill-treatment of minorities will end only if consensus becomes the foundation of our institutions

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Africa is not short of ill-treated minorities. While on this part of the continent, race and nationalism dominate the political scene, ethnicity is a bigger

Reflecting on the battle of ideas: this fight is ours to lose

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South Africa seems to be following the familiar downward spiral common to so many African countries. As IRR chief executive Dr Frans Cronje argues, the

Reflecting on the battle of ideas: this fight is ours to lose

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South Africa seems to be following the familiar downward spiral common to so many African countries. As IRR chief executive Dr Frans Cronje argues, the

A different approach to the ‘township economy’

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In South African government circles, there has been a lot of talk about the township economy. Part of this interest at the national level, is

The danger of abandoning scarcity

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The future of South Africa depends on South Africans working together to achieve shared goals. Helping one another is not just a matter of charity,

The ‘black vote’ phenomenon

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Democratic Party Presidential candidate Joe Biden made remarks to the effect that the American Latino community was more politically diverse than the African-American community. The

These are the heroes that will save us

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The sentiment that black people are not owners, or that black people have no capital, is repeated often by politicians. Social media, as well, has

You are more than your race

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In an article published earlier this month on Quillette, Max Hyams, a student at the School of Law at University of California, Los Angeles, writes