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ANALYSIS: Why the climate crisis needs gender rights
Many people remain unaware of how poor sexual and reproductive health and lack of access to basic rights increases a population’s vulnerability to climate shock, reports the United Nations Population Fund.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Williams & Sharapova: One win does not a rivalry make
Haji Mohamed Dawjee says you cannot compete for superiority when you are not on the same level.
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JEAN-JACQUES CORNISH: The convenient incoherence around climate change
The US and Brazilian leaders are putting the short-term political benefit of climate change denialism above the long-term interests of generations too young to vote for them, writes Jean-Jacques Cornish.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Is Ramaphosa being too deliberative?
Given the daily dose of the Zondo commission, Ace Magashule and the ANC’s regular antics and now the death of Gavin Watson, South Africans are becoming increasingly impatient, writes Judith February.
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OMRY MAKGOALE: Why party electoral funding needs to be made public
What kind of democracy is that? One politician is put under the spotlight and scrutiny, and six are shrouded in darkness - asks Omry Makgoale.
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ANALYSIS: The white people who spied during apartheid
South Africans seem to be fascinated with the way in which spying is entwined in the country’s politics.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: The unintended consequences of Women’s Month
Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya says we can’t continue doing what we have been doing for the past 25 years and hope that we will have different results.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: The arms deal and the creep of state capture
It is when political meddling happens, that democratic institutions fail us, writes Judith February.
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ANALYSIS: Repression & dialogue in Zimbabwe: twin strategies that aren’t working
The Mnangagwa regime's coercive acts are a continuation of the violence and brutality of the Mugabe era, while he seeks global re-engagement and selective national dialogue.
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BUSANI NGCAWENI: The public sector must unlearn complacency
It is time for serious soul-searching, deep thinking and innovation from senior officials in the public sector, writes Busani Ngcaweni.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: The ANC's narcissism is damaging SA
When the governing party is at war with itself, it is a disaster waiting to happen, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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ANALYSIS: Why SA’s plans for universal healthcare are pie in the sky
South Africa's planned NHI has no equivalent in any setting in the world. It's deeply flawed on a number of fronts.
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ANALYSIS: Disconnect between business & state contributed to Marikana massacre
A lesson from the 2012 massacre of mineworkers is the need for government to retain its role as primary governance agent, enforcing clear rules and ensuring the provision of public goods and services.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Not all journalism is memoir
Haji Mohamed Dawjee says story telling does not come cheap, and neither does journalism.
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ADRIAN EPHRAIM: The strength in being Mokgadi Caster Semenya
Being Caster Semenya means being a global athletics star, an activist, and a catalyst for social change. History will prove that she's perfectly equipped to be all those things and more, writes Adrian Ephraim.
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Setting the record straight on the EFF case - a letter from Sanef chair
"Some of the commentary expressed on the case between ourselves, five journalists and the Economic Freedom Fighters has misinterpreted our case."
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EXTRACT: I am not Zephany, call me Miché
This is an extract of the story of Miché Solomon, who was kidnapped when she was a baby named Zephany Nurse. She only found out the real circumstances of her birth 17 years later following a bizarre sequence of events.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: Asking Ramaphosa to leave over his funders is naive
Political parties and figures have been funded by business from time immemorial, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Are we being sold healthcare utopia for the poor?
This state has shown itself to be entirely incapable of running anything. Who will run an NHI fund serving the entire country, asks Judith February.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Motorcycles and the wheels of justice
Haji Mohamed Dawjee looks at an example of how the justice system fails citizens and loved ones when the wheels turn too slowly and when the punishment does not fit the crime.
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SELLO LEDIGA: A tale of two ANCs
If you hadn’t realised it by now, civil war has broken out in the ruling African National Congress, writes Sello Lediga.
