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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: Treat booze as the problem it is
Alcohol is too much of a health and social problem for us to play ‘cool kids’ who say nothing negative about binge drinking, says Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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ADRIAN EPHRAIM: How personal triumphs helped the Proteas bounce back
The Proteas' collective desire to win was made up of a few personal moments of triumph among SA's players, who in the run-up to this Test series will have had doubts strewn all over their minds.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: Loutish behaviour gives racism a bad name
Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya says that South Africans are hyper-sensitive about race and are quick to conclude that bad behaviour is racism when it can be explained as some people being plain old-fashioned hoodlums who enjoy visiting misery on anyone they encounter.
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SELLO LEDIGA: The EFF is Malema and Malema is the EFF
In the wake of the EFF's second elective conference where Julius Malema retained his position as party leader, Sello Lediga examines the party's meteoric rise in SA politics and asks if it will survive beyond Malema given the allegations against him.
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BUSANI NGCAWENI: Behold the age of demagoguery and un-think
We are in the age of un-thinking. In fact, the idea seems almost blasphemous to contemplate; as are the concepts of reason, of rationality and pure common sense, writes Busani Ngcaweni.
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Judith February's 2020 wish for Ramaphosa - to sift the truth
Rampahosa would have the backing of citizens and big business, if he provided an honest and firm rendering of the challenges that face us, writes Judith February.
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EXPLAINER: Why foreign nationals can’t just leave SA
The world marks International Migrants Day on 18 December. Eyewitness News unpacks the reason why a group of foreign nationals urgently wants to leave the country and the challenges they face trying to do so.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: Attempts to extradite the Guptas is good news for us all
South Africans need more action over talk, and the Guptas answering for allegations against them is a good way to show that, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: True reconciliation is not only about social cohesion
President Cyril Ramaphosa says true reconciliation is not only about social cohesion. It is also about political and economic transformation.
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REVIEW: The Longest March by Fred Khumalo
Amo Ramela found herself fascinated by the journey of 7,000 Zulu mineworkers who walked from Johannesburg to KwaZulu-Natal fleeing a war between the Boers and the British Empire.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Keep calm and restore our confidence in cricket
Cricket South Africa must restore confidence in the game in the minds of the disillusioned cricket fan that has had to watch as corruption and incompetence strangle the game, writes Judith February.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: Eskom's fiasco is one more step towards a failed state
Anyone who able to is considering going off Eskom's energy grid - and that's a sure sign of a potential failed state, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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OMRY MAKGOALE: The impact of slates and factions on the ANC and SA
Former SABC CEO Solly Mokoetle's funeral was testament to the tragic result of factions within the ruling party, writes Omry Makgoale.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Eskom, SAA, Prasa - we'll do what we must to save them
Despite the depth of current challenges, none of our SOEs is lost, says the president.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: From IT to the arts in the workplace
From doctors, lawyers and accountants being the cream of the crop, to software developers and coders being celebrated, is it finally time for the BA brigade to get its moment in the sun, asks Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: The gentleman’s game has been turned into one of dysfunction
The administration of cricket has been captured by rent-seekers who have no interest in the game at all, writes Judith February.
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OPINION: Jailing gay people should qualify Zambia as an apartheid state
We can't just talk about Israel as an apartheid state but pretend Zambia's jailing of homosexuals isn't, write Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moyo.
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ANALYSIS: Sex education raises questions about the role of the state in SA
Objections raised about the school syllabus by parents, schools and civil society point to a bigger problem with the state.
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ADRIAN EPHRAIM: Mistrust between CSA and media is the last thing cricket needs
While revoking media accreditation may seem like a childish reaction to criticism from a Cricket South Africa leadership out of its depth, the breakdown in trust between them and the media may have lasting repercussions for the game, writes Adrian Ephraim.
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Rand flat ahead of GDP figures
A Reuters poll of economists and analysts sees quarter-on-quarter expansion at 0.1% from 3.1% previously, while year-on-year growth is forecast at only 0.4%.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: The farce that is the CSA & the lessons from rugby
Reports of serious governance failures, lack of funding, wasteful expenditure, litigation and even ‘capture’ within Cricket South Africa are rife, writes Judith February.
