Treasure South Africa’s institutions

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Amid the noise from the Red Berets’ children’s party last weekend and the coup in Niger: two seemingly unrelated events, the question in my mind

Down goes Dis-Chem advert – A win for responsible medical messaging

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It took me three years of obsessively battling, but I finally secured a victory over bad medical messaging by people who should know better. Most

Could the Tallaght strategy work for SA?

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“You don’t play politics with the economy…….An opposition which acts in a way that makes every step forward more painful than it needs to be

‘Council Against Medical Schemes’ prohibits medical aid for the poor

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It has been 22 years since low-cost medical insurance plans were first contemplated. We still don’t have them. Only 16% of the population can afford

The Poles resist

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This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 1st August 1944 – Second World War: The Warsaw Uprising against the

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