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OLIVER MATTHEWS: Getting sick in Zimbabwe shouldn’t mean disaster. But it does
Falling seriously ill is hard wherever you live. But in Zimbabwe, it can be doubly dangerous, writes Oliver Matthews.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Femicide: Here’s what men can do
Haji Mohamed Dawjee offers some hands-on, real-world advice to those boys and men who genuinely wish to support women.
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The business of the Bo-Kaap: What gentrification does to family businesses
In our three-part podcast, Haji Mohamed Dawjee and Rebecca Davis explore the history of the Bo-Kaap, and the effects of forced removals and gentrification on the history-rich area.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: The state must operate within its own laws
It simply does not matter how many people approve or disapprove of something, such as the death penalty, for example, when living in a constitutional state, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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FACT CHECK: Do nearly half of all child deaths in Africa stem from hunger?
Africa Check takes a closer look at the claim from African Child Policy Forum that nearly half of all child deaths in Africa stem from hunger.
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JEAN-JACQUES CORNISH: It’s crunch time for refugees everywhere
The spotlight is being turned on the plight of refuges across the globe by the United Nations General Assembly starting in New York, writes Jean-Jacques Cornish.
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ANALYSIS: What works to stop gender-based violence and what doesn’t
There are a number of effective interventions to prevent gender-based violence among adult women and men at risk of HIV infection. But little is known about the effectiveness of these in young people.
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OMRY MAKGOALE: Was Mugabe an African hero or a tribalist?
Leaders that place the interests of their own tribe ahead of all other tribes in the country are tribalists and not nationalists., writes Omry Makgoale.
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SELLO LEDIGA: Recalling Bruce Koloane a victory for ethical governance
The people of South Africa, the voters in particular, must be conscientised and outraged by government malpractice, writes Sello Lediga.
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JEAN-JACQUES CORNISH: Tunisia, no longer the African success story?
Young people say the candidates for the upcoming elections do not represent their aspirations for a country they maintain is no long the African success story, writes Jean-Jacques Cornish.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Trust has been broken between the state and citizens
President Ramaphosa has promised that the time is up for rapists and murderers, but cynicism is all that is left, writes Judith February.
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ADRIAN EPHRAIM: Chester Williams earns his place among the greats
Chester Williams played rugby with a higher purpose than the other Springboks in his team. He represented more of us. All of us. He gave us someone to cling to in a team that looked nothing like the majority of South Africans. That alone makes him an icon, says Adrian Ephraim.
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ANALYSIS: Xenophobia: Time for cool heads to prevail in Nigeria and SA
South Africa and Nigeria need to lead policy debates on long term measures to address migration in Africa.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: How the state and its laws are failing us all
South Africa has become a continuously violent state where criminals are increasingly brazen because the state has allowed for this state of affairs, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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MAHLATSE MAHLASE: The thieves who stole dog food - the abnormal is normal in SA
We are a country where normal has become abnormal, and we resort to blaming the victims for not taking measures to protect themselves, writes Mahlatse Mahlase.
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ANALYSIS: What research reveals about drivers of anti-immigrant hate crime in SA
Beliefs about the role played by foreign nationals in South Africa clearly influence how people think about anti-immigrant hate crime.
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NIKKI BUSH: SA, do you know where you're going to?
After a week that left South Africa shaken and with some of the events striking very close to home, a frustrated Nikki Bush looks at the current state of the nation and asks what legacy are we going to leave the children of our beloved country.
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WINNIE THELETSANE: Searching for a dead woman's picture - a journo's predicament
Being a journalist is a harrowing job and sometimes needs a cold heart to deal with stories of murders and rapes. Winnie Theletsane lifts the lid on the job in the wake of the anger and grief of this week's protests against gender-based violence.
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BUSANI NGCAWENI: Rapists are fascists who deny women their humanity
In a week when anger and grief over the rape and murders of women in the country reached a crescendo, Busani Ngcaweni says that harsher measures must be implemented even if it is our fathers, friends and sons who must be punished for abusing women.
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POPPIE MPHUTHING: We must honour Uyinene with real action against GBV
Femicide levels in South Africa are five times higher than the global average. Every day, three women are killed by their intimate partners.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Femicide and the invisible man
Why are men not being confronted by the state and why, in fact, are men not confronting other men, asks Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
