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Reverend Lionel Jean Michel
While South Africa debates borders, it is losing its breadbasket
South Africa is deeply engrossed in the debate over illegal immigration, but this article argues that a larger economic transformation, particularly concerning the nation's vital…
The country that forgot its own lesson: Xenophobia, memory and the pass book that never quite left
A powerful analysis of South Africa's deepening xenophobia, drawing parallels between current anti-migrant movements and the country's apartheid past. It explores how economic…
Thabo Mbeki: The retired firefighter who arrives at the scene of his own fires
There is a trend, uniquely South African, with retired politicians. Unlike retired teachers, retired engineers or retired surgeons, they never seem to retire. They merely…