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ANALYSIS: DA’s woes signify historical dilemma of SA’s liberals
The Democratic Alliance’s problems can be traced back to the politicisation of race, which has persisted even after the dawn of democracy in 1994.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Investment achievements need to be celebrated
While acknowledging that while South Africa still had some way to go to reach our target of R1.2 trillion over the next three years, President Cyril Ramaphosa says the investment gains made so far should be celebrated.
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OPINION: Open letter to Mbuyiseni Ndlozi
The DA's Joe McGluwa has written an open letter to the EFF's Mbuyisenu Ndlozi following his recent tweet on the Springboks Rugby World Cup win.
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The DA needs policies - or risk setting the next leader up for failure
The Democratic Alliance needs to choose policies before it picks leaders, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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FACT CHECK: Does Soweto owe Eskom R18 billion in unpaid electricity?
Soweto is accused of a culture of not paying for public services that is rooted in resistance to apartheid. Africa Check unpacks whether the township’s residents today owe South African power utility Eskom R18 billion?
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: United we stand
We often fail to appreciate just how far we have come since that iconic moment in 1995 when a South African first held aloft the Rugby World Cup Trophy in building a society that offers equal opportunity to all regardless of race, gender or social circumstances.
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Day of the underdogs: How hope inspired Boks to victory
The Springboks knew they were playing for more than a trophy, and that winning the Rugby World Cup was a chance for South Africans to dream again, and be inspired by a team who wanted it more.
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ANALYSIS: Mid-term Budget underscores bad state of SA economy
A major concern is that the government’s resolve is strongest on policies that are actually quite suspect.
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ROY GLUCKMAN: Both Pride and prejudice
Roy Gluckman says he's bored of pieces that continue to divert important attention away from queer celebration and magic and that encourage readers to commit to a binary understanding of South Africa.
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FIKILE-NTSIKELELO MOYA: What the Boks can teach SA as a nation
Winning is better than losing, but intentionally creating a winning culture is best, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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BONGA DLULANE: Gay Pride: Out but lacking the Pride
What Pride has become, and where it’s going, sometimes feels like it's not in line with its original aim of being inclusionary, writes Bonga Dlulane.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Why SA needs a win from the Boks
When the overwhelming sentiment is that the Boks 'need' to win the Rugby World Cup, as South Africans, we know instinctively what that means, writes Judith February.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: A reminder that Africa wants trade more than aid
With the African Continental Free Trade Area coming into operation, this is an Africa that is able to trade and engage on its own terms, writes Cyril Ramaphosa.
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OPINION: Grand Inga, the dream that should be shelved
Affordability and reliability are perhaps the biggest and most controversial of the issues plaguing the proposed Grand Inga DAM in the DRC, write Trusha Reddy and Rudo Sanyanga.
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MICHAEL KGOMOTSO MASEMOLA: Mbete should’ve known better
Baleka Mbete mistook the slaughterhouse for a colon cleansing boutique, writes Michael Kgomotso Masemola.
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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.
