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Posted inNews/Politics

Compassion needed as poverty threatens our social fabric

Farouk Araie by Farouk Araie 15 January 202215 January 2022

Monumental disparities raise the risk of epic upheaval in South Africa and globally

Posted inNews/Politics

We must save the soul of the ANC

Thabang Maseko by Thabang Maseko 10 December 202110 December 2021

In the Eastern Cape we have an urgent task to lead the unity and renewal of the ANC and tackle two features that are corroding our movement — corruption and disunity

Posted inNews/Politics

Tacit acceptance of unethical behaviour will be this generation’s vilest legacy

by Willie Thabe 5 October 20216 October 2021

The windows remain broken, and Ramaphosa seems to be signalling that he will keep looking the other way

Posted inNews/Politics

Why we still care about Zuma, and why we must get over him

Ian Siebörger by Ian Siebörger 15 September 20215 October 2021

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

Posted inGender violence

Women’s rights are human rights

Shalate DavhanaMalesela Maubane by Shalate Davhana and Malesela Maubane 19 August 20215 October 2021

We are a far way from realising our lofty ideals of gender equality, but we must keep working towards them

Posted inNews/Politics

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

Posted inBusiness

Businesses not always free to keep the peace

by Brian Ganson 14 December 202014 December 2020

Why is the private sector in Africa more likely to hinder instead of help peaceful development?

Posted inNews/Politics

Political elites, not foreigners, are to blame for South Africa’s problems

Andile Zulu by Andile Zulu 17 November 20202 December 2020

What if we told foreigners to voetsek? We have fallen victim to the illusion of scarcity. And we are led to wrongly believe immigrants are a threat.

Posted inEquality, News/Politics

Peacemaking criminology as ubuntu: A reply to Thuli Madonsela

by Casper Lӧtter 12 November 202016 November 2020

If the rich and powerful are afforded amnesty, then so too must the poor who are often pushed into lives of crime

Posted inNews/Politics

The Zumas vs Zondo: a family drama?

Ian Siebörger by Ian Siebörger 11 November 202011 November 2020

The framing of Jacob Zuma’s attempts to have Raymond Zondo recuse himself because of a tenuous family connection can distract us from the state capture commission’s main objective: uncovering the truth about corruption

Posted inNews/Politics

Crooks in ANC thrive because they ride on Ramaphosa’s credibility

by Lukhona Mnguni 21 October 202021 October 2020

The president could have been the second president of the ANC and the country after Mandela. He made it in December 2017 — but now he leads with some corrupt people he dislikes

Posted inEquality, General

Surviving Covid-19 in a shack

by Cameron Brisbane 4 October 20202 October 2020

The government’s response to lockdown trampled on the rights and dignity of residents in informal settlements

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