The monarch believes Swaziland belongs to him personally and all the country’s resources belong to him
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Tacit acceptance of unethical behaviour will be this generation’s vilest legacy
The windows remain broken, and Ramaphosa seems to be signalling that he will keep looking the other way
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Happy anniversary to the EFF, which dared to rock the political status quo
As the Economic Freedom Fighters we have been crazy enough to think that we can change the world — and we surely will, writes Sihle Lonzi
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Is it my right not to get vaccinated?
Having our rights restricted by the needs of others is nothing new, because we accept that rights come with responsibilities
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The tragic New Zealand triple child murder shows up problematic expectations of motherhood
The idea of mothers killing their children, while shocking, is not as isolated as one may believe, but is a transcultural, decipherable and preventable issue
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Recovering our well-being: Trauma and bereavement in times of unrest
During these times let us be wary to not pathologise individuals who are not coping, but rather pathologise the socio-political system that is causing this trauma
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Why we still care about Zuma, and why we must get over him
Zuma has become symbol of South Africa’s deep-seated problems but, if we are to move on, we must lose our obsession with him
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Ethiopia’s phony social media conundrum silences reports of mass rapes
Like repressive governments before it, Abiy’s administration seeks to control the narrative by controlling that most democratic of news-dissemination tools: social media
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What does the ANC have to say about the Western Cape breaking away from South Africa?
The Democratic Alliance has begun preparations for a provincial referendum
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A new South African axis of evil?
A linguistic analysis of news reports shows that each so-called star in Jacob Zuma’s constellation will be judged as guilty by association
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Clean-up after South Africa’s violence reveals a deeper rot
Is a system that leaves people with nothing left to lose in any way worth supporting?
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Our responses to social unrest and structural uncertainty are not enough
Social protection strategies that emphasise systemic responses only to ‘livelihood shocks and uncertainties’ hardly take into account the ways in which poverty and unemployment are produced and reproduced in South Africa