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Lawlessness, crime, shrinking wealth and the future of South Africa

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This past weekend I was at a rather large family thanksgiving event sitting ‘ebuhlanti’ (in a kraal), chatting away with a gentleman who was showing

What black American migratory patterns can tell us about a possible Joburg future

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I recently read a piece by the Brookings Institution titled A ‘New Great Migration’ is bringing Black Americans to the South, which describes in part

Priorities for the GNU

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After getting home from a cheery and dominant Baby Bok performance on Saturday night against Fiji, I decided to order a Gatsby from a restaurant

What Cape Town can learn from Minneapolis about housing

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Recently, while waiting to watch a basketball game on satellite television  in the godless hours of the morning I stumbled on a reality TV program

Can federalism answer the problem of lawlessness?

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My sister travels quite a bit around the world for her job. She recently remarked, when we were all together for a family gathering in

Socioeconomic & geospatial redress, not racial

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I had an interesting thought the other day about the fact that just because a problem is racialised, it does not mean that the solution

What can we learn from returning expats?

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As South Africa draws closer to the general elections on May 29th, an interesting development that has been noted by real estate and tax professionals

South Africa – a dream deferred

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Bafana Bafana won a victory over Morocco last week in the round of 16. The Moroccan side, who were World Cup semi-finalists, are ranked 13th

Why race continues to matter in South Africa when it shouldn’t

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In an article written on 24 October in The Conversation last year, Roger Southall, a sociology professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, argues that

Why does Cricket SA not learn from the Springboks?

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Everybody loves a winner, and this is currently nowhere more true than in South Africa where everyone (judging from social media videos) from townships to