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Decriminalisation: SA’s oft-ignored constitutional imperative
- By Martin van Staden
- . Jul 11, 2024
In recent years, the African National Congress (ANC) government has shown itself to be not entirely unreasonable in crime policy. It has reluctantly decriminalised the
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To BEE or not to BEE
- By Makone Maja
- . Jul 11, 2024
To BEE or not to BEE. That is one of the many prevailing questions, as the government of national unity (GNU) comes into power and
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The upcoming big test of the GNU
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . Jul 10, 2024
Tomorrow, the Government of National Unity’s ministers and senior civil servants will begin a two-day cabinet lekgotla, to try to agree on a plan. Next
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Global concern for Gaza while Sudan’s humanitarian crisis mounts
- By Allan Wolman
- . Jul 10, 2024
The BBC has recently featured “Sudan the Forgotten War” on both their radio and TV platforms, highlighting a conflict that has been raging for over
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Bring back the Rainbow Nation
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jul 9, 2024
Now that South Africa again has a government of national unity, it could do with an attitude and policy reset, too. In a review of
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Caught fooling the public
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . Jul 9, 2024
The Left’s framing issues around oppressor-versus-oppressed narratives requires that their leaders be trusted. Politicians are rarely penalised for lying; rather, they routinely get away with
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Why lowering the temperature is important
- By Terence Corrigan
- . Jul 8, 2024
Anyone thinking that making the multi-party government work would be simple, would have been disabused by the events of the past few weeks. Leaked correspondence,
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Why the elites hate Trump
- By Andrew Kenny
- . Jul 7, 2024
Donald Trump would be fairly low down in my choices for President of the USA but I’d certainly vote for him if he were standing
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“Adapt or die!” We didn’t really adapt, did we?
- By Viv Vermaak
- . Jul 7, 2024
We often say: “The ANC has had 30 years to govern, but hasn’t fixed the country yet.” We shake our heads at how unevolved ANC
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Priorities for the GNU
- By Sindile Vabaza
- . Jul 6, 2024
After getting home from a cheery and dominant Baby Bok performance on Saturday night against Fiji, I decided to order a Gatsby from a restaurant