Vagrant ‘traffic wardens’ and the false comfort of the commons 

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Although not immediately obvious, much of the collapse of service delivery we experience today can be traced back to society’s decision to ‘socialise’ the ownership

Starlink Challenges the State

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Starlink is the satellite internet provider owned by Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX. It can provide fast high-quality internet service to most places on earth. The

Malema doubles down on violent rhetoric

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At the height of the EFF’s 10th anniversary festivities, Julius Malema once again exhorted the crowd to ‘shoot to kill’. At a mass rally to

Another ‘controversial’ speaker

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I must confess that when I first chanced upon Prof PLO Lumumba, I assumed that the name was a nom de plume, a portmanteau invoking

The ANC has never known how to run South Africa

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Perhaps the worst thing about the legacy of apartheid is that the Nationalists limited the majority of South Africans’ access to decent education and opportunities

BRICS unity buttressed by Russia sanctions but China-India discord looms 

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In 2001 Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill coined the acronym BRIC for four fast-growing economies that he predicted would attract big flows of foreign investment

Should Africans copy Afrikaner affirmative action?

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Black Africans should copy the successful Afrikaner affirmative action of the apartheid government. This was the suggestion of Reuel Khoza, a businessman, speaking to the

ANC beholden to magical thinking

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When it first appeared in 2006, Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret swept the publishing world. It has since gone on to sell some 30 million copies,

The long, sinister shadow of Robin DiAngelo in SA’s schools

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(Long read) Part 1: DiAngelo’s Acolytes In September 2018, an aspiring Nigerian “diversity-and-transformation consultant” named Lovelyn Nwadeyi posted a photograph on her Instagram account. It

The exponential rise of cellular phones in South African households

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South Africa has witnessed a transformative shift in communication preferences over the past few years, with cellular phones becoming the preferred choice for the majority