Ramos ruling an important media gain

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Something truly extraordinary happened late on Friday night. The EFF, a party locked in multiple civil and criminal court battles over its public and social

The courage of Herman Mashaba

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Voters have always valued courage. From Margaret Thatcher to Bernie Sanders, it is impossible to think that political and electoral greatness and relevance can be

A tale of two neighbourhoods

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I learnt the best lessons about how human beings respond to their surroundings when I lived in Kenilworth Upper in Cape Town. Specifically, I lived

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This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 28th May 1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with

The writing on the wall: Warnings unheeded and dangers imminent

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‘Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king

Local film industry hobbled by draft firearms bill

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Among the activities that will be seriously hobbled by the ill-considered draft Firearms Control Amendment Bill are movie production, shooting sports, hunting and gun collecting.

Nationalisation by stealth is coming, courtesy of the shifting EWC Bill

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An early IRR warning of nationalisation via ‘custodianship’ Seven years ago, back in 2014, the IRR warned that the ANC would seek to nationalise all

The economic consequences of Ebrahim Patel, Part II: Sacrificing jobs to steel tariffs

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The government is protecting South Africa’s only primary flat steel producer, and about 5 000 jobs, from foreign competition – but as a result, the

Legal tobacco retailers complain post-ban sales still down

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As predicted, the five-month prohibition on legal tobacco sales was a boon for the illicit industry. They have kept many of their new-found customers, judging

The search for tolerance

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Last week the Chief Rabbi of South Africa, Rabbi Warren Goldstein, wrote an open letter to the Muslim Judicial Council (Council) and the Jamiatul Ulama