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Does Trump have a point?

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South Africa’s relationship with the United States, and with its mercurial President, has been one of the country’s dominant stories over the past few weeks.

For information only…

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Some years ago, I remember paging through a magazine appealing to, shall we say, our less refined impulses. Among the adverts for performance enhancers and

The Sacred Contract: Citizens and Citizenship in South Africa

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It’s in the nature of our complex society and its often-contradictory dynamics that the most recognisable representative of the most organised and vocal movement for

Balancing the books and rebalancing the (political) economy

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It’s been in the works for years, and the subject of numerous warnings, but it’s here. South Africa has reached its long foretold fiscal crisis.

Explaining or justifying? A look at an Expropriation Act fact check

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Misinformation is a much used (and misused) phrase these days. It describes the proliferation of false and decontextualised data that skews public perceptions, distorts understanding

Expropriation Act: facts and reality matter

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This piece, written in response to various articles published by IOL, was offered to, but not used by, IOL. Since the announcement late last month

How “South Africans” do it

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I’m pleased I can write this; a few days ago, I couldn’t. The power was out. It went on Wednesday evening and just stayed off.

No, negotiation, compromise and bridge-building are not a national speciality

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South Africa has a unique ability to build bridges and find compromises. Its political miracle in the 1990s was in the ability of people across

Doom-scrolling through the Expropriation Act’s “benefits”

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“How can South Africans benefit from the Expropriation Act?” That’s the bold (implied) question on a graphic that came across my Facebook feed. With big

Don’t be complacent about the Expropriation Act

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When it was announced towards the end of January that the Expropriation Act had been signed into law, there was well-warranted concern about what this