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Land, water and ‘transforming the relations’

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Pledging to resolve the ‘land question’ has been a perennial theme for the ANC. For the most part, this has been approached as a political

Our inescapable choice: ideology or growth

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It’s a bit of a cliché to say that the coming year will be decisive for South Africa. An environment of system crisis and increasingly

Appeasement in advance 

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Sports-mad South Africa has a voracious appetite for news of all types about the affairs of its pitches, courts, and fields, and an emotional response

A perspective on Taiwan’s election

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The present year will be a momentous one for elections. Not only will South Africans be going to the polls, but so will around 2

Chasing the White Whale: an epic moment in literature and a tawdry feat of character assassination 

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This piece was first published in January. It’s doubtful that more than just a few South Africans, including those with a fondness for literature, will

Is there a terrorist threat? 

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I’ve said on numerous occasions – to whomever will listen, regardless of sympathies – that South Africa has nothing to offer in the resolution of

Compacts are impossible, so go transactional

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Wandile Sihlobo is one of South Africa’s foremost voices on agricultural matters. He combines an intimate understanding of the sector globally and locally with an

A Bleak Friday 

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Black Friday is the emblem of a consumer society in all its gaudy, excessive glory. We get to spend large sums of money on temporarily

Call it what it is: Squandering

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For South Africa to escape from its current malaise, it will need growth of 5.4% per annum for a sustained period. This was the judgement

Disincentivising reasonable disagreements

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There may be reasonable disagreement about the best strategies for dealing with pathological behaviour, but it would be surprising indeed if there were any debate