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Whether the ANC can regain that trust will only be known after the next election. (Graphic: John McCann)
CORRUPTION

Trust – the ‘glue’ that binds society together – is missing in SA

According to polling data, South Africans do not sufficiently trust their fellow compatriots

  • Daryl Swanepoel
7 min read
5G

Surveillance capitalists overthrow the sovereignty of individuals

Disinformation — turbocharged by social media algorithms — buries lies and propaganda in ‘facts’.

  • Lloyd Gedye
12 min read
Significant public attention in relation to Covid-19 has focused on the economic dimensions of the virus resulting in joblessness and deprivation on a monumental scale.
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Censorship, surveillance could be the biggest rights challenges post Covid-19

The impacts of these infringements could last well beyond the life of the Covid-19 pandemic

  • Mandeep Tiwana
  • Marianna Belalba Barreto
4 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa.
CORONAVIRUS

Why we need to be able to trust our government in a time of crisis

The well-being of each of us is dependent on the well-being of our fellow beings. This interconnectivity means trust in government and institutions matters a great deal

  • Badri Zolfaghari
5 min read