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Social media the key to future elections – if politicians grasp it
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Feb 15, 2020
Social media platforms are outperforming traditional forms of media in communicating news and trends with younger voters. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and LinkedIn are broadening
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An error of comedies
- By Amy-Claire Morton
- . Feb 15, 2020
Comedian and Journalist Daniel Friedman did not incite or encourage white genital mutilation, but there is an argument that he owes an apology for using
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No, the suburbs are not excluded – and you’re on your own
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Feb 14, 2020
There is a growing mood of unease and confusion in South Africa, and not for the first time. Not for the first time either, this
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The EWC ‘reassurance’ ploy – and the reasons it’s so wrong
- By Anthea Jeffery
- . Feb 13, 2020
In a recent Investment Research Note put out by Nedbank Private Wealth, political analyst JP Landman claims to be ‘cutting through the noise’ surrounding the
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Why we are challenging corporate SA on EWC
- By Hermann Pretorius
- . Feb 12, 2020
‘On expropriation without compensation, we’ve done all we can.’ That’s the excuse the IRR has been hearing since launching its #EWCScorecards on social media. ‘We’ve
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State-Owned Enterprises: Costs and Confusion
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Feb 12, 2020
The next few weeks will present big opportunities for the ANC to re-start an economy in which growth is negligible and per capita income is
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SA needs less government, not more
- By Nicholas Woode-Smith
- . Feb 11, 2020
The world is apparently telling President Cyril Ramaphosa to ‘do something fast to save South Africa‘. With our electricity grid failing, crime on a continual
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‘Populist Little England’ is setting Europe some good examples
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Feb 10, 2020
Even before the referendum in the United Kingdom (UK) over whether or not to remain a member of the European Union (EU), one of the
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Some hope for our electricity
- By Andrew Kenny
- . Feb 9, 2020
In the darkening gloom over Eskom and South Africa’s electricity supply comes some rays of light. Eskom’s new CEO, Andre de Ruyter has got off
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The second (and third) waves of state capture are coming
- By Frans Cronje
- . Feb 9, 2020
The first wave of state capture had its origins in the cadre deployment and transformation policies of the African National Congress (ANC) which degenerated into