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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Good news for the ANC is little more than empty promises again
The country is not duped by the language of unity the party presents. It is busy tearing itself apart and has been doing so for a long while, writes Judith February.
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YONELA DIKO: What can be done about South Africa's energy insecurity?
While the solutions are there to ensure we are energy secure, it will take a lot more effort from government, businesses and us to get it right, writes Yonela Diko.
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OPINION: Mozambique's Cabo Delgado insurgency has a complex reality
In the Mozambican province wracked by a violent insurgency, the convenient labelling of those rising up against the predatory elite paints a picture that is far from reality.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: The scariest thing about sharks are the warning flags
Haji Mohamed Dawjee has spotted what she thinks could be a fatal flaw in South Africa’s shark-warning system.
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IN RESPONSE: Skewed facts & personal attacks do not change WC policing reality
In response Mesuli Kama's opinion on Dan Plato, Reagen Allen challenges the idea that the Western Cape's leaders aren't doing enough to curb violence in the province.
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PALESA MANALENG: What it's really like to be a black para-cyclist
Palesa 'Deejay' Manaleng is national champion in para-cycling. But it's not an easy ride, even for someone who is as decorated as she is.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: SA’s toxic mix of impunity & the everyday violation of rights
The rule of law is under threat in our country. The ANC has become almost apologetic about the Constitution it helped craft 25 years ago, writes Judith February.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Resolving SA’s energy crisis fundamental to economic recovery
While Eskom works to improve its operational performance and new generation capacity is being built, there is much that we can each do to improve the situation, writes President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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ANALYSIS: Zoom burnout: Be more productive, ditch those video calls – expert
The online meetings designed to get things done could be the very things that are harming our productivity.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: WANTED: Man who drops child into pit latrine
As the human species, we’re obsessed with knowing what makes the our minds tick, what makes us behave the way we do, make the choices we make and effectively, what is it that makes us break, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
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MCEBO DLAMINI: The struggle for free education must not be betrayed
As a former leader of student protests at Wits University, Mcebo Dlamini explores the resurgence in the Fees Must Fall movement.
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MESULI KAMA: Dan Plato is heartless & unsympathetic to poor people's plight
Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato's opinion piece on efforts to fight Western Cape crime are hypocritical, writes Mesuli Kama.
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FACT CHECK: MP claims 70% of informal economy ‘in hands of non-citizens’
In response to the president’s State of the Nation Address, a member of Parliament questioned why most of South Africa’s informal economy is “in the hands of non-citizens”. Africa Check takes a closer look at this claim.
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ANALYSIS: First ever national survey shows the extent of SA’s TB problem
South Africa’s long-awaited tuberculosis prevalence survey results were recently released. They reveal that the country has a much higher burden of TB than previously thought.
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FACT CHECK: Does SA really have 15 million illegal migrants?
Africa Check takes another look at the claim which has resurfaced stating that there are 15 million illegal migrants in South Africa.
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ANALYSIS: Vaccine passports - are they a reason for hope or a cause for concern?
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed inequalities in society. There is concern that tying freedoms to vaccinations may further disadvantage vulnerable groups.
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ANALYSIS: A look at how the net has tightened on the right to protest in SA
Instead of being a democratic right and legitimate form of expression, protests have increasingly been framed as threats to national security.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Women, be rude and save a life
We're constantly afraid of what men will do, sometimes to the detriment of women around us. But we need to give men a taste of their own medicine, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Political factions will make Mkhwebane's removal tougher
Finding a two-thirds majority will be tough to achieve with all the political factions' battles, writes Judith February.
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YONELA DIKO: BEE falsification and fronting is delaying transformation
Setting back the country with fake BEE compliance needs to be punished harshly, writes Yonela Diko.
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ANALYSIS: Meghan & Harry's interview: Why royal confessionals threaten monarchy
Royal confessions disrupt the careful balance between transparency and secrecy on which the monarchy is based.
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