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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

How to make SA richer, more resilient, and more productive

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How can South Africa become richer and more prosperous? And if we get a new government next year how could they achieve it? It is

How to rebuild a South Africa in ruins

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How should the Multi-Party Charter supporters go about rebuilding South Africa should they win? It is a question well worth examining. I would argue that

How should the Multi-Party Charter see its role if it wins?

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While debates will rage about whether the Multi-Party Charter will have the numbers it needs to win or not (or whether it will lead to

Could the Tallaght strategy work for SA?

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“You don’t play politics with the economy…….An opposition which acts in a way that makes every step forward more painful than it needs to be

A federal pan-Africanism

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The idea of a United States of Africa has been around since the days of Marcus Garvey’s 1924 poem “Hail, United States of Africa”, an

Elections of consequence: a crisis of governance and ideology

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Commentator and analyst Moeletsi Mbeki contends that South Africa’s fundamental problem is a crisis of governance which undergirds every other crisis afflicting the country. This

Is South Africa a failed state?

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In short, no. But it is understandable why there is a pervasive feeling of failure within this country, which is largely due to the abysmal

Why is South Africa failing?

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Much has been written about whether or not South Africa is a failed state, given its crumbling infrastructure, bankrupted and corrupt municipalities, weak economic growth

How Cape Town can become richer and more productive

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While the City of Cape Town deserves many plaudits for being a beautiful, functional and well-run city compared with every other major metro in South