7 facts about President Cyril Ramaphosa on his birthday
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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.
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CHARLES WEBSTER: Rape culture roulette, every woman’s daily game
Over the course of their lives, South African women wake up to the knowledge that they have a chance of being one of the four out of every 10 women who will be raped – and today might be the day, writes Charles Webster.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: After World Mental Health Day, a Valkenberg story
As someone who lives with a mental illness, the history of syndromes, treatments, people and doctors at a place such as Valkenberg psychiatric hospital has always fascinated Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Pressure on Mboweni to shape economic message for SA
South Africa talks far too much and does far too little. The time for endless discussion on economic policy must surely be over, writes Judith February.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: Helen Zille exaggerates the DA’s importance
A vibrant and vigilant civil society, not political parties, is the greatest asset to democracy, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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ANALYSIS: World Cup reminds South Africans that sport is still divided
South Africa needs a new progressive sports movement that works for equality and peace based on mass participation and social justice.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: South Africa’s future lies in Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa says the time is right for a new era of intra-African trade, where African countries no longer look abroad for the products and services they need, but to other countries on this continent.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: The pervasive anxiety of cats
Haji Mohamed Dawjee says recent research on the socio-cognitive abilities of cats has provided her with some comfort.
