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[OPINION] SA's electoral system is weak on accountability
Judith February says if South Africa is to further the consolidation of its young democracy, ensuring greater accountability between the electorate and political parties is key.
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[OPINION] SA law needs a zero-tolerance approach to racist utterances
Calls to impose harsh prison sentences for verbal crimen injuria are often premised on the need to deter such behaviour.
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[ANALYSIS] Crime in SA may be dropping, yet fear is rising
Data from victim and crime perception surveys help make sense of South Africa's crime statistics.
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[ANALYSIS] Why do people work? Respect trumps money in SA case study
While pay and profit are not irrelevant in employees’ work decisions, there are other motivators.
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[OPINION] Trauma - you are not what happened to you
Lisa Joshua Sonn says until you work on healing and being in recovery from trauma, it will not leave your thoughts, your actions and reactions in the world.
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[ANALYSIS] Here’s why we should take fungal infections more seriously
Fungal diseases can be life-threatening for people living with HIV, cancer patients and those admitted to hospital.
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[OPINION] The disgraceful duo of Dlamini and Gigaba
Judith February says that everything touched by Ministers Bathabile Dlamini and Malusi Gigaba seems to turn to unethical ruin.
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[ANALYSIS] Time’s Up in 2018 – or is it?
Is the clock still ticking on Time’s Up and the entertainment industry in 2018? A year into #MeToo, what’s changed and has anything been solved?
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[OPINION] The ANC can no longer count on union ally to win elections
Electoral support by trade union federation Cosatu has been a huge asset for South Africa's governing ANC.
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[ANALYSIS] Land reform debate: what’s missing according to SA farmers
Some South African landowners feel like the current debate portrays them as being opposed to reform rather than cooperative.
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[OPINION] An imperfect U.N. is still the world’s best hope
The greatest single achievement of the UN has probably been to preserve and build that spirit of international cooperation as something positive and worth refining, even if it often fails in practice.
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[ANALYSIS] What it will take to complete Cape Town’s unfinished freeways?
Various attempts have been made to complete Cape Town's Foreshore Freeway scheme. A new approach is needed.
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[ANALYSIS] Lifting the lid on the black box of informal trade in Africa
Informal trade between African countries is greatly underestimated. A study of patterns across Benin's borders helps fill the knowledge gap.
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[OPINION] SA frees cannabis from colonial and apartheid past
The recent Constitutional Court ruling may well undo decades of often racist cannabis law enforcement.
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[ANALYSIS] Why do so many people fall for fake profiles online?
Almost every online deception, fraud and scam – even propaganda and misinformation campaigns – begins with a fake social media profile. How do fakers get real people to agree to be friends?
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[ANALYSIS] Empowering women at centre of controlling population growth in Africa
Empowered women make millions of decisions that add up to a better demographic situation for themselves, their children and for Africa.
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[OPEN LETTER] Dear Kessie Nair, racism is not an illness
Haji Mohamed Dawjee tells Kessie Nair that the only thing he can be diagnosed with is a lack of education, understanding and empathy.
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[OPINION] The private use of marijuana legalised. Why it’s a good thing
The Constitutional Court judgment is to be applauded for doing away with the assumption that marijuana use by adults in private is always wrong.
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[BOOK EXTRACT] Turning and turning: tackling symbols of black pain
Judith February looks at debates around statues and artefacts which symbolise institutionalised racism.
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[ANALYSIS] How far must people in Africa travel to get to a hospital?
Only 16 out of 48 African countries and islands have access to hospital services within the WHO's two-hour time threshold.
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[ANALYSIS] Here’s why ex-offenders in SA should get a resettlement grant
Politicians' kneejerk dismissal of an idea that could help rehabilitate ex-offenders is unhelpful.
