How coalitions will weaken the ANC

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As the ANC falters in the years ahead, the South African landscape will be fundamentally changed. Election systems like that in South Africa, which use

Ebrahim Patel faces economic reality over chicken prices

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In a stunning admission that import tariffs materially hurt consumers, so-called ‘anti-dumping’ tariffs on chicken are being suspended for a year. They should be suspended

National Interest discarded

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Over the past week or so, foreign policy has gained a rare foothold in the news cycles of a country more concerned with its domestic

Why young voters won’t help oust the ANC

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Rampant youth unemployment doesn’t inspire an anti-ANC backlash because no one is promoting a workable remedy. Electing a more responsible government would immediately benefit commercial

Naledi Pandor dons keffiyeh & demands a UN committee on apartheid

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The keffiyeh scarf has become a symbol of Palestinian nationalism, popularised mostly due to Yasser Arafat’s adoption of it.  It was traditionally used by many

Climate hysteria: heatwaves in Europe

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While global temperatures for June and July of this year show no sign of global warming, the mainstream media and some official meteorological bodies are

Tinfoil hats? We need a whole wardrobe

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I like the way I look in a tinfoil hat. It brings out the colour of my eyes. I fancy how the headgear accepts the

Trust in the future

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Raymond Aron, French intellectual and the author of Opium of the Intellectuals, believed politics rather than revolution was the way to change society for the betterment of all. He

ANC (and EFF) policy resonate only with a few

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A rather unpleasant effect of our hyper-consciousness to race is that even ideas and policies most people don’t agree with are given lots of room

The Public Health System: Is it Under-Resourced?

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This is the second in a series of five articles in which Michael Settas will provide readers with the critically important distinction between universal health