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[ANALYSIS] 2019 Oscars may be more remembered for the crises than the ceremony
Ratings for the awards show have been declining for some years, perhaps because people have grown tired of the overt political messaging.
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[OPINION] We need to talk about this
We need to talk more openly to our children about love, sex, intimacy, and most importantly, appropriate sexuality.
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[OPINION] Mboweni, we need to look beyond the numbers
Judith February says we need to see the nameless and faceless in our society who have been let down by this weak and corrupt state again and again.
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[OPINION] The life-changing Laureus Sports awards
Cindy Poluta says after her first time at the Laureus Sports for Good Awards, she's realised that the world's top athletes draw just as much inspiration and energy from us as we do from them.
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[OPINION] We could drink a case of Caster
Haji Mohamed Dawjee says Caster Semenya is another example of the sweet sound of the lonely sprint. A black woman immersed in the blush of success and the bloom of many firsts.
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[OPINION] Both democracy & authoritarianism are on the rise in Africa
Nic Cheeseman says democratic and authoritarian countries are moving further away from each other.
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[OPINION] Abolition of Angola’s anti-gay laws may pave way for regional reform
Angola's new President João Lourenço has shown some willingness to engage in more inclusive politics.
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[OPINION] Load shedding 101 - a Zimbabwean's survival tips for SA
Oliver Matthews says Zimbabweans have done the load-shedding thing for YEARS now. Here is How You Do It. Grit your teeth and read.
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[OPINION] What mapping Kenya’s child deaths for 50 years revealed
Kenya performed well above average, with a rate of 46 deaths per 1,000 live births compared to an average of 76 across sub-Saharan Africa region.
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[OPINION] Of spoofs, gaffes and the #MensConference
Busani Ngcaweni says that when the spoofs are done, we must return to reason and ask how the social media spoof that was the #MensConference rode on patriarchy, misogyny and homophobia.
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[OPINION] There is a new dawn for SA just outside our fear
Lisa Joshua Sonn says many South Africans are fearful of the future and creating it, so they look back and do what they know.
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[OPINION] Connect the dots from the past to deal with the rot at Eskom
Since 2008 and the new era of rolling blackouts, Judith February says the problems at Eskom have been managed or “spun” in such a way as to avoid general panic. We are probably now at a point of panic.
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[OPINION] Ramaphosa’s plans aren’t enough to adequately tackle violent crime
Many of the crime prevention strategies South African President Cyril Ramaphosa proposed have been tried, with few positive results.
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[OPINION] The crack in Eskom. How do we get the light back in?
Haji Mohamed Dawjee says there doesn't seem to be any music to light our way in the Eskom-induced darkness.
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[ANALYSIS] African miners get mix of red carpet and red card
Balancing carrot and stick with miners is tricky.
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[OPINION] Why South Africa’s latest plan for Eskom could work
President Cyril Ramaphosa has committed to structural reforms in the energy sector.
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[OPINION] Students are protesting – again. Why it needn’t be this way
South Africa students are protesting and have brought university campuses to a stand still. This could have been avoided.
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[OPINION] Sona 2019, a good night for the president
Judith February says that President Ramaphosa's 2019 Sona showed us that he is willing to clearly express what needs to be done to painstakingly rebuild that which has been broken.
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[OPINION] Sona 2019: President Ramaphosa must move beyond the platitudes
President Ramaphosa will deliver the annual Sona and face a country weary of corruption and outrageous allegations of state capture which have been a steady, if unpleasant, daily diet for us all.
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[OPINION] Just let children be
Lisa Joshua Sonn says that when parents live vicariously through their children, it disallows the child the opportunity to develop at their own pace and into their own self.
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[ANALYSIS] Why delays to fixing healthcare are bad news for South Africans
South Africa's Competition Commission has delayed the release of the final report of an inquiry into the private healthcare again.
