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Please minister explain the disconnected SAPS and the banning of guns for self defence

by Zain Yousuf 26 May 202127 May 2021

A dishonest police leadership has no concrete strategy for dealing with crime and corruption within its own ranks

Posted inNews/Politics

Calling it a ‘conflict’ helps to sustain Israel’s occupation of Palestine

by Suraya Dadoo 25 May 202125 May 2021

Because Israel is an occupying nation, Israeli violence and Palestinian resistance should not be portrayed as equivalent

Posted inNews/Politics

EFF students: we cannot wait for unconscious people to wage a conscious struggle

by Sihle Lonzi 18 May 202118 May 2021

The party has enjoyed a number of successes on campus but needs a more co-ordinated approach

Posted inEquality, Media, News/Politics

[email protected]: Layered, elusive, and personal

by Psychological Society of South Africa 30 April 202130 April 2021

Four psychologists reflect on what liberty means to them, their patients and the country

Posted inNews/Politics

Zuma is playing for time, a privilege of the powerful and wealthy

by Casper Lӧtter 29 April 202130 April 2021

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

Posted inNews/Politics

New ANC Youth League task team offers SA’s youths a glimmer of hope

by Zama Mthunzi 15 April 202115 April 2021

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

Posted inNews/Politics

Police brutality: Citizens are just as much to blame

by Prince Charles 26 March 202126 March 2021

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

Posted inEquality, News/Politics

Atlanta killings illustrate the intersection of xenophobia and misogyny

by Casper Lӧtter 24 March 202124 March 2021

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

Posted inNews/Politics

Do we need another housing programme, Minister?

by Qhamani Neza Tshazi 16 March 202116 March 2021

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

by Casper Lӧtter 15 March 202115 March 2021

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

by Phil Craig 5 March 20215 March 2021

Love it or hate it, independence certainly has merit

Posted inNews/Politics

US needs a gutsy Biden now

by Azhar Azam 4 February 20214 February 2021

With political polarisations running deep after a divisive Trump presidency, the new administration will need to rid the country of crises on several fronts

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