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JUDITH FEBRUARY: We're tired of watching the parliamentary circus
Parliament, like much of our country, is being subsumed by the tyranny of the minority, writes Judith February.
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ANALYSIS: Why it’s important to study coronaviruses in African bats
Evidence points to a possible initial spill over of the coronavirus into humans and other animals in an animal market in Wuhan in China.
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ANALYSIS: African countries paying too much for debt, not borrowing too much
African governments are issuing and listing their Eurobonds on established international debt markets – usually London and Irish Stock Exchanges.
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DUMA GQUBULE: Cosatu’s plan to get Eskom out of debt
South Africa is facing its worst postapartheid economic crisis with state-owned companies holding crippling debt, but decisive use of pension funds could grow the economy.
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ANALYSIS: The politics behind South Africa’s property clause amendment
The proposed amendment to the Constitution represents a critical juncture in South African constitutional politics.
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ANALYSIS: What connects Shaka Zulu, decolonisation & mathematical models?
Decolonising mathematical sciences is possible. The answer lies in rediscovering existing African examples of teaching maths and including them in the Western body of knowledge.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: A new frontier for youth development
For our country to prosper and thrive we must do all within our means to ensure young people can participate in our economy in a meaningful way, the president wrote in his weekly newsletter.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: The EFF, from bold to boring
While disorder serves a political purpose, the EFF’s incessant need to settle so comfortably into this role has resulted in a disorder that fails to serve and serves to destroy, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Sona a mixture of the good, the bad & the ugly
South Africa has no more time to squander on navel-gazing and inaction, writes Judith February.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Sona 2020 can't be business as usual
Cyril Ramaphosa needs to give us short and sharp answers to solve South Africa's problems or he seriously risks squandering what is left of the confidence citizens have in his presidency, writes Judith February.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: A united South Africa can achieve great success
President Cyril Ramaphosa urges South Africans to look back at the release of Nelson Mandela and unity that it culminated in with the country's first democratic elections and to apply those lessons to the challenges facing South Africa today.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Next in Fashion, reality TV’s very real moment
Haji Mohamed Dawjee is surprised by a very real, a very authentic and a very brave moment in a new fashion reality show.
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ANALYSIS: Pushing the final frontier for ending female genital mutilation
After more than three decades of campaigning against FGM, this year is a watershed moment for women and girls at risk, write Mohamed M Fall and Dr Julitta Onabanjo.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Ramaphosa’s Sona needs a huge dose of honesty
In an ideal world, the president's State of the Nation Address would lay out the grim news with an honest rendering on the economy and why it is in the state that it is in, writes Judith February.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Kobe Bryant: Mourning his death, remembering his rape
People are not just one thing. And when they die, their sins are not removed, nor are their contributions, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
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OMRY MAKGOALE: Save the country or your political party?
The well-being of South Africans must not depend on political parties, but on the integrity of Parliament, writes Omry Makgoale.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: This is why SA needs to explore the grey
The challenge for South Africans is to assess everything and anything on its merits. It is to understand that things are seldom black and white, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: South African public life is awash with impunity
The state has become a convenient conveyor belt for the incapable, the unqualified, the connected and those who would struggle to find jobs on a competitive basis, writes Judith February.
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ANALYSIS: New China virus is bigger threat to world economy than SARS
The world’s second-largest economy, already weak, now accounts for a much larger share of global growth. No wonder investors are jittery.
