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Editorial: The ANC buys itself (more) time

Editorial Editorial - 4 Sep 2020

There is a truth in politics: this crisis will pass, and people will be distracted by the next one. Just survive this moment, and you will escape accountability

Editorial: Enforce the law lawfully

Editorial Editorial - 21 May 2020

"Until the law itself makes it nigh impossible for tragedies like Tatane, Marikana and Khosa to occur without real consequence, our fractured relationship with authority will persist."

Editorial: Let’s inspire the world … again

Editorial Editorial - 14 May 2020

South Africa was the first to welcome the World Cup to our beautiful continent. In these troubled Covid-19 times it’s worth reminding ourselves of that achievement.

Editorial: Shame on you, Stella!

Article Editorial - 8 Apr 2020

Politically, it would also help this country if our president were able to act more decisively against ministers who show little regard for the law

Editorial: Democrats must unite

Article Editorial - 9 Feb 2020

The best chance for Democrats to beat Trump is by taking an opposite approach to his insular and isolated one

Editorial: Promises are on tap, but not water

Article Editorial - 8 Feb 2020

Promises of hope and a better tomorrow await South Africa. Yet they continue to come to naught

Editorial: Trust government to put politics first

Article Editorial - 31 Jan 2020

Once again, political expediency has trumped principled action

Editorial: Capture virus hits again

Article Editorial - 31 Jan 2020

State Security Agency still cannot produce the security clearance certificate required for the incumbent, Baptiste Dungu, to occupy the top post at the Onderstepoort Biological Products

Editorial: On media transparency

Article Editorial - 10 Jan 2020

"We believe that M&G readers and staff have a right to know who owns this newspaper and how it is funded"

Editorial: We need a better party as ANC does birthday rerun

Article Editorial - 10 Jan 2020

"The ANC’s long history and continued survival is something to marvel at. But celebrating the mere fact of survival is really not enough"

EDITORIAL: Nigerian law is the criminal, not gay people

Article Editorial - 13 Dec 2019

Social mores and prejudices forged in Lagos are echoed in the intimate spaces of people all over the continent

EDITORIAL: ConCourt finds patriarchy guilty

Article Editorial - 13 Dec 2019

The main judgment of acting judge Rammaka Mathopo starkly exposes the irrationality, rooted in patriarchy

Coal is destroying South Africa. Renewables are the future

Article Editorial - 13 Dec 2019

Why are we dithering when independent power producers hold the answer? Ideology, it seems

Editorial: Press won’t be bowled out

Article Editorial - 6 Dec 2019

Cricket South Africa's lack of transparency is its biggest problem

Editorial: Jozi deserves a better mayor

Article Editorial - 6 Dec 2019

Geoff Makhubo is clearly not only tarnished, but also divisive, which raises serious questions about why the ANC leadership wants him to run the city

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