A dishonest police leadership has no concrete strategy for dealing with crime and corruption within its own ranks
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Calling it a ‘conflict’ helps to sustain Israel’s occupation of Palestine
Because Israel is an occupying nation, Israeli violence and Palestinian resistance should not be portrayed as equivalent
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EFF students: we cannot wait for unconscious people to wage a conscious struggle
The party has enjoyed a number of successes on campus but needs a more co-ordinated approach
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Freedom@27: Layered, elusive, and personal
Four psychologists reflect on what liberty means to them, their patients and the country
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Zuma is playing for time, a privilege of the powerful and wealthy
People with the means to employ the best legal minds to plot a course through the labyrinth of legalese can milk the system’s preponderance for fairness
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New ANC Youth League task team offers SA’s youths a glimmer of hope
While there is doubt whether the ANC Youth League can return to its former glory, there’s no doubt there is great need for a champion of youth issues
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Police brutality: Citizens are just as much to blame
Even though it is the officers who carry out the physical force, it is our prejudice that lays fertile ground for the abuse of power to entrench itself
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Atlanta killings illustrate the intersection of xenophobia and misogyny
Stereotypes of and violence against Asians in America, and Chinese people by those who fear Covid or by Zulu monarchs are all part of the same unconscious need for “othering” which also drives violence against women
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Do we need another housing programme, Minister?
None of the governments housing plans to date have managed to undo apartheid spatial planning or reduce informal housing settlements. The latest programme looks like it offers more of the same instead of hope for structural change
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Zuma’s mollycoddling is justified criminologically, but not the damage he did to the country
The attempts of the ANC’s top six to convince the former president to attend the Zondo hearings is a good example of an integrative shaming measure
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Bring me a permanent solution in the Western Cape
Love it or hate it, independence certainly has merit
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US needs a gutsy Biden now
With political polarisations running deep after a divisive Trump presidency, the new administration will need to rid the country of crises on several fronts