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Mainstream news manipulation and disinformation in the aftermath of the DA leadership changes
- By Frans Cronje
- . Nov 12, 2019
The outright lying, disinformation, and news manipulation of the mainstream media reached record levels in response to the leadership changes in the Democratic Alliance (DA).
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What is the DA waiting for on race?
- By John Kane-Berman
- . Nov 11, 2019
Last week Geordin Hill-Lewis, shadow finance minister in the Democratic Alliance (DA), wrote that South Africa was ‘trapped’ in an ‘obsession with race-based transformation policies’.
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Cyril pulls a bunny out of the hat
- By David Bullard
- . Nov 10, 2019
It’s been a wild week in the wacky world of international finance. No sooner had Moody’s adjusted our financial health outlook from stable to negative
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Any lessons from the Rugby World Cup?
- By Andrew Kenny
- . Nov 10, 2019
The final of the Rugby World Cup was of special interest to me because I watched it in a rough little pub only a few
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Obsessive racial bean-counting benefits nobody
- By Marius Roodt
- . Nov 9, 2019
A bizarre piece of news came out of the Fairest Cape recently. It was reported that the Cape Cobras, the Cape Town-based franchise cricket side,
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Alarm in Washington: another front in the Expropriation without Compensation battle?
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Nov 8, 2019
South Africa’s relationship with the United States, long a complicated one, has been thrown into sharp focus by the announcement from the office of the
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Three sacred cows to line up for the slaughter
- By Anthea Jeffery
- . Nov 7, 2019
Last week’s mini budget laid out in stark statistics the magnitude of South Africa’s accelerating economic crisis. Finance minister Tito Mboweni expects a revenue shortfall
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Time to say ‘No!’ to destructive racialism
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Nov 6, 2019
Shortly after the 2004 general election, the National Party (NP) died in the arms of the African National Congress (ANC). Looking at the obsession of
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Your team is ready and waiting, Cyril
- By Michael Morris
- . Nov 6, 2019
Long into the afternoon, hours after the final whistle blew in Yokohama on Saturday, there were still intermittent bursts of delirious hooting on the freeway