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A Reading on South Africa’s New Emerging Order: A hypothetical analysis of a shifting ideological landscape

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The 2024 general elections, which marked the beginning of the African National Congress (ANC)’s decline from being a dominant party nationally, were followed by the 29 June 2024 formation of the coalit...

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Who’s Allowed in the Room Where Africa’s Future Gets Decided?

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Earlier this year, I found myself moving between packed conference halls at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town, listening to conversations about the future of minerals and the mining industry. Panel after panel...

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The New F-Word is F*minism

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Growing up in the 2010s, one of my most distinct memories was walking into Mr Price and being greeted by rows of graphic T-shirts emblazoned with slogans like Boss Babe, Slay Queen and The Future is Female....

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We Needed Them Illegal, Then We Needed Them Gone

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Somebody gave undocumented migrants until the 30th of June to leave South Africa. Not the government. Not a court order. Not any institution with the constitutional authority to issue such a demand. Just a...

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The Couch, the Cash, and the Constitution

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The story you thought was over

Picture this. You “sell” 20 buffalos to a Sudanese businessman for a pile of US dollars. You stash the cash in a couch. Someone steals it. You do not call the regular...

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