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Monumental questions: history, and what we’re doing about it
- By Michael Morris
- . Jun 21, 2020
When President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a virtual National Assembly exchange this week that ‘our people’ had been waiting ‘forever and a day’ for what
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Trying to stop information about nuclear power
- By Andrew Kenny
- . Jun 21, 2020
Far from being ‘unaffordable’, nuclear power is the most economic source of grid electricity for South Africa. The most unaffordable are solar and wind, which
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How to nip the Cape independence movement in the bud
- By Marius Roodt
- . Jun 20, 2020
Cape independence is an idea that is gaining increasing traction. Although it is dismissed by most as the notion of a lunatic fringe, if the
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New thinking the key to the future
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Jun 19, 2020
South Africa’s economy, battered and bruised, is now reopening. Over the past few weeks, much has been said about how the post-Covid-19 world would (or
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- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Jun 19, 2020
This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 13th June 313 – The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed
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Business confidence at rock bottom: will government listen?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jun 17, 2020
Business confidence, the magic ingredient that lies behind investment and economic growth, has all but collapsed in the country. The Business Confidence Index (BCI) for
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ANC, EFF push for unconstitutional postponement of election
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jun 16, 2020
Threatened by a voter backlash to the catastrophic impact of the coronavirus lockdown in the 2021 local elections, the African National Congress (ANC) and Economic
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Unions must choose: adapt or die
- By Nicholas Lorimer
- . Jun 16, 2020
Since 1994, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has enjoyed direct access to policy and influence over the internal politics of the African