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Persecution does not make for exceptionalism in the job market

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The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has done South Africa a big favour in putting the spotlight on some of the many elephants in the room

Conflict between liberals and identitarians weakens DA

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In an article in Daily Maverick, Opposition parties could have done better in southern African elections, (7 January), Jonathan Moakes considers the reasons why opposition parties

Council for Medical Schemes shows its hand in low-cost benefits ruling

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In early December, the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) published a circular prohibiting South African medical aids from offering Low-Cost Benefit Options to low-income market

The myths – and horrors – of communism

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Daily Friend columnist Andrew Kenny and I entered into an unintended competition for whose holiday reading was the most depressing. Andrew read The Gulag Archipelago

Limiting the role of the State

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In one of his replies to questions in parliament in 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the State should be at the centre of the development

Whose ‘populism’?

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An editorial in the Sunday Times on 15 December began: ‘Boris Johnson’s thumping UK election victory this week will send shivers down the spines of

CSA reflects the rot at the heart of SA politics

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The embattled Cricket SA (CSA) board is ‘doing a good job and is going nowhere’ – and calls for it to be dissolved are ‘nonsense’,

A dirty business

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Local government politics has been particularly grubby in the past few weeks as the African National Congress (ANC) has taken over the administration of Johannesburg

A better route to empowerment

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On 27 November, investor marketing agency Ince Communications Agency entered into a deal with media entrepreneur Andile Khumalo, significantly transforming its shareholding structure. Ince was

Has the ANC finally seen the light on key job appointments?

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Irvin Jim, the general secretary of the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (Numsa) released a media statement on the appointment of Andre