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ANALYSIS: Mid-term Budget underscores bad state of SA economy
A major concern is that the government’s resolve is strongest on policies that are actually quite suspect.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: What the Boks can teach SA as a nation
Winning is better than losing, but intentionally creating a winning culture is best, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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BONGA DLULANE: Gay Pride: Out but lacking the Pride
What Pride has become, and where it’s going, sometimes feels like it's not in line with its original aim of being inclusionary, writes Bonga Dlulane.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: A reminder that Africa wants trade more than aid
With the African Continental Free Trade Area coming into operation, this is an Africa that is able to trade and engage on its own terms, writes Cyril Ramaphosa.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Why SA needs a win from the Boks
When the overwhelming sentiment is that the Boks 'need' to win the Rugby World Cup, as South Africans, we know instinctively what that means, writes Judith February.
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OPINION: Grand Inga, the dream that should be shelved
Affordability and reliability are perhaps the biggest and most controversial of the issues plaguing the proposed Grand Inga DAM in the DRC, write Trusha Reddy and Rudo Sanyanga.
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MICHAEL KGOMOTSO MASEMOLA: Mbete should’ve known better
Baleka Mbete mistook the slaughterhouse for a colon cleansing boutique, writes Michael Kgomotso Masemola.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Shopping for therapy
Therapy is a lot like dating: in order for it to succeed, you have to find someone who you actually enjoy spending a lot of time with and who you feel safe talking about yourself with, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Maimane the casualty of a DA with no core identity
Whoever leads the party next must provide clarity of vision, which reconciles the DA’s past, its roots and its future in a way which captures the imagination of South Africans, writes Judith February.
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SHAEERA KALLA: I didn't get what I needed from Mbete interview
Our leaders are incapable of holding themselves accountable and hide behind the facade that it is their job to hold someone else responsible, writes Shaeera Kalla.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: Who is Herman Mashaba trying to fool?
It would be kind of the outgoing Joburg mayor to not assume that we suffer from collective amnesia, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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ANALYSIS: The DA showing signs of serious strain
All signs point to the Democratic Alliance being in deep turmoil which will affect its strength as South Africa's official opposition.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Renewed citizen activism critical in SA
‘What is the work for us to do?’ That is both an individual and collective question for each one of us as we try to create a country which is more just and more equal, writes Judith February.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Permanent Eskom CEO will be appointed 'soon'
In his weekly message to the country, President Ramaphosa says it's understandable that South Africans are frustrated and angry following the latest round of load shedding.
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ANALYSIS: A turbulent transition: The DA faces a rocky future
Because it's a blend of political influences, the transition it is facing has, inevitably, had an existential effect on the Democratic Alliance.
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CHARLES WEBSTER: Rape culture. What women say
While there is an unfortunate need for men to speak out about rape culture in South Africa, it's what women say that really matters, writes Charles Webster.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: To live in South Africa, we have to ‘see and unsee’
As inequality deepens in South Africa, it is becoming increasingly hard to ‘unsee’ the faceless ones, writes Judith February.
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CHARLES WEBSTER: Rape culture and the ‘ownership’ of women
We have aeons of deeply ingrained ideas of ownership of women to break free from, writes Charles Webster.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: The double-edged sword of Kanya Cekeshe's case
The Fees Must Fall activist is at once an example of our hollow democracy and how successful violence as a language of persuading the state has become, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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CHARLES WEBSTER: Rape culture 'prison' and the importance of consent
The rape culture in South Africa is like a prison for women, where they are the inmate who faces the very real threat of both physical and sexual violence all day, every day, from stronger and more powerful inmates, writes Charles Webster.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: We must make it easier to do business in South Africa
President Ramaphosa says if we are to create jobs and reduce poverty, we need to grow our economy at a much faster pace. For that, we need much more investment, from both local and international business.
