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Tessa Dooms
Tessa Dooms is a sociologist, development practitioner, activist and a director at the Rivonia Circle, a knowledge hub for policy and political alternatives
State of the Nation: Pomp, pageantry and irrelevance
South Africa need not accept a political culture that offers up leaders who are out of touch with the nation’s realities
It’s high time for South African politics to grow up
Our hope for the future of politics in South Africa does not hinge on what happens at the ANC elective conference
We must rise to the 2024 poll challenge: Change the game not just the players
We — the people of South Africa — have the chance to write the agenda for the future
South Africans, don’t agonise, take action
If we want a better country then we need to stop spouting slogans, organise and work together
How to reverse the death of democracy
Public participation has become farcical in our tick-the-box democracy. We need to reverse this
BEE must address needs of informal economy
Research shows that existing approaches have been wholly inadequate for addressing the needs of South Africa’s informal economy