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Should South Africa ‘overhaul’ migration policy?

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The ANC is calling for an ‘overhaul’ of the immigration system. This was the term used by the party’s spokesperson, Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri, in a TV

BOSA: will it give power back to the people?

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The news reports on the radio as I drive along the M1 are all about the big story of the day: VIP protection officers have

Employment Equity Act’s echoes from the past

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‘They must branch out into other occupations and become clerks, roadworkers and fitters and turners. I am sick and tired of seeing young Indians sitting

A perspective on the debacle at Warsaw

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South Africa’s recent embarrassment in Warsaw, which saw a planeload of South African security officials, journalists and crates of weapons grounded on the tarmac, was

NHI: Social solidarity will not be enough

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The passage of the National Health Insurance Bill by the National Assembly brings South Africa a step closer to introducing the government’s plans for a

The illusion is ending: this is good

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South Africa’s national mood is now probably at a lower point than it’s been since the transition in 1994. A case could even be made

Water quotas: another existential threat

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President Cyril Ramaphosa invested enormous political capital over the first three years of his presidency in pushing Expropriation without Compensation (EWC). Inevitably, he ran into

South Africa’s employment conundrum

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‘We are damned if we don’t find a solution to unemployment – and it’s not really that difficult.’ This was the headline of a short,

A populist future?

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Populism is one of today’s political catchphrases. To most of us it probably signifies crudity in politics: the sort of thing symbolised by a demagogue

Mission to Moscow… and Kyiv

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On Tuesday last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he would be part of an African initiative to seek peace in the conflict between Russia