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A hopeful budget as ‘fiscal consolidation’ comes to an end and South Africa’s prospects improve significantly

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Enoch Godongwana says he is a far less panicked finance minister on signs the tide is changing for South Africa

The EFF’s Julius Malema: A decade of disruption

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It's ten years since the ANC youth league expelled firebrand Malema. What has he learned in the last decade?

Is South Africa a failing state?

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All the coverage from our special report on South Africa's current challenges.

Policy exists, but shacklands spring up

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The political will is there, but proper implementation remains an obstacle to improving people’s lot

Richard Calland: What brave new world awaits us?

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Responses to terrible inequality, climate change and the Covid-19 economic crisis will decide this

SA needs to restrain use of force by police

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‘Less lethal’ weapons have resulted in deaths and severe injuries, yet there are still no guidelines

Xenophobia chips away at the African notion of ubuntu

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The multifaceted and complex issues facing the continent can only be tackled effectively together

Overhaul and align laws on use of force

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Guidelines can’t regulate the police and military’s use of lethal force and will, in the end, be subordinate to bad legislation

The tobacco sales ban is a giant stimulus package for organised crime

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We should learn from history that prohibitions tend not to work, even if the intention is good

Connected economy is a strength

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The global nature of modern trade is a vulnerability, but it will also be a valuable tool to aid in our recovery

Army and police violence spurs racial tensions

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With the Covid-19 pandemic exposing many structural cleavages and spurring racial tensions, it is likely that the post-pandemic South Africa will encounter new challenges and setbacks on the road to reconciliation

Blessed peace under lockdown

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I’ve silenced the Bible Thumper and dumped social media drivel but physical distancing, an art the deputy prez has mastered, is tricky

Hunger is as big a threat as Covid

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For the many that rely on pension grants, Sassa’s seemingly simple date change has severe ramifications

Ramaphosa misses chance to create a better climate future

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Ramaphosa missed the chance to get even more out of his big moment

Richard Calland: A lifetime chance for a future we want

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Leaders need to grapple with the wicked problem of how to ease out of the lockdown

Covid-19: Police abuses reveal systemic flaws

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The decision to rely on the police and army to enforce the lockdown was correct, but security force actions show both the weaknesses of the state and of systems for establishing social order

Nature thrives in our distancing during the lockdown

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In the past few weeks, nature has expanded into the spaces we have ceded by going into isolation

Meaty matters plague me

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The days roll into one another as I work the phone to feed the news machine. I’d like to be fed too . . . but my butcher betrayed me
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