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QONDILE KHEDAMA: Ellen Kuzwayo - a brawny campaigner for women’s rights
The likes of Ellen Kuzwayo laid the foundation that that has seen some of the most globally progressive policies on women in leadership.
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OPINION: Ramaphosa has evoked either fear or cynicism: both are off the mark
The cynics don’t believe Cyril Ramaphosa is a cure for the ills Jacob Zuma brought, writes UJ professor Steven Friedman.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Sona clearly displays the ramifications of the ANC's rot
The grim reality is that the state capture project will take a decade - if not longer - to fix, writes Judith February.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: Yes, we must dare to dream
Reflecting on President Zuma’s State of the Nation Address, Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya says the role of the state is not just about dreaming big dreams. It is also to do great deeds.
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BUSANI NGCAWENI: Sona and the cultural iconography of slaying
Let's build the South Africa we want and deserve to live in. That is the dream that President Ramaphosa spoke about in the Sona.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: No magic in president’s sober Sona
Given the dire state of the economy, it was always going to be difficult for President Ramaphosa to pull a rabbit out of the hat, says Judith February.
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DANIEL GALLAN: Proteas face cold new dawn
Momentum is a strange thing. In 2023 we may look back on Wednesday's result as a turning point in South Africa's cricket history. Which way that momentum turns remains to be seen.
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ANALYSIS: SA should learn from Brazil about how to tackle ‘hidden hunger’
The interplay of poverty, inequality, urbanisation and the industrial food system leaves low-income families with limited access to fresh, healthy foods.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: Zindzi's tweets, much ado about little
The sooner it becomes normal to say South Africa has a history of racism and land dispossession, the better we can all face up to the challenges, says Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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DANIEL GALLAN: The ghosts of chokes past: What the 99 WC semi-final means today
Like the overgrown forests of Verdun, where a half a million German and French soldiers wasted their lives in the Great War’s meat-grinder, the scars of trauma are buried beneath the surface, remembered only by those who cannot forget.
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BUSANI NGCAWENI: To be young, willing but black
Busani Ngcaweni writes passionately about the challenges faced by young black South Africans, 25 years after the demise of Apartheid.
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DANIEL GALLAN: Proteas all-rounders provide blueprint for Plan-B
Morris and Phehlukwayo are evidently not the embodiment of a renaissance that harks back to a golden age of South African all-rounders.
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ADRIAN EPHRAIM: Do Bafana Bafana & the Proteas prove we're a bunch of losers?
We play to win, right?
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JEAN-JACQUES CORNISH: SA has lost the moral high ground as a mediator
Jean-Jacques Cornish says that in terms of Mzanzi mediation, the reality is that the wasted Zuma years of corruption have cut the moral high ground from under South Africa’s feet.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Banyana Banyana don't get the support they deserve
Haji Mohamed Dawjee says that so evident is our lack of national support for our women’s soccer team that Fifa itself has raised concerns.
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DANIEL GALLAN: Why cricket suffers when stuck behind a paywall
Daniel Gallan says the thrill of watching a game-changing moment play out in real time allows the viewer to feel like they are a part of history.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: President Ramaphosa, the honeymoon is over
What we need from the president is straight talk, solutions and deadlines so we are all reassured that he is in charge and is prepared to lead, no matter the unethical sabre-rattling from Luthuli House, says Judith February.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: There are more pressing issues than the SARB's mandate
I am sure many South Africans who are increasingly having to make do with less would probably wish that the most pressing matter in the minds of those in charge of government was the economy.
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JEAN-JACQUES CORNISH: Sudanese enthusiastic as negotiations resume
The African Union has taken the unprecedented step of suspending Sudan under its current military junta because of the 3 June slaying of at least 118 unarmed pro-democracy activists.
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NIKKI BUSH: Why education's proposed 'no repeat' policy is the wrong idea
The knock-on effect of the automatic progression policy for the foundation phase will be deep and wide, ultimately reaching employers who need numerate and literate staff, people who are future-proofed for a fast-changing world.
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DANIEL GALLAN: AB de Villiers, the one that got away
Daniel Gallan says he’ll remember the 149 against the West Indies where AB de Villiers registered a century off just 31 balls and sent a frothing Wanderers crowd into a frenzy.
