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Towards reclaiming our culture of the liberation struggle

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Judy Seidman responds to Athi Mongelezi Joja’s expanded assessment of her 'Drawn Lines' exhibition
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Pretensions of fighting for the oppressed and the totality of white power

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We should be wary of taking theories of commitment and agency as self-evident; we should instead question their unspoken assumptions as we also question the motivations attendant to them
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On conspiracy theories and hopelessness in the Rainbow Nation

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A resurgent conspiracy theory that Nelson Mandela died in 1985 reveals the growing hopelessness in South Africa that rampant inequality is irreversible
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The land wars of 2019: Analysing the EFF and ANC manifestos

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The ANC proposes to continue working with large agricultural businesses, an approach that has to date marginalised small-scale farmers
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ANC’s past policies worth revisiting

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Its social and economic focus was in step with its emancipatory role before its 1993 volte-face
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Public interest law and the struggle for social justice

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A new book on public interest litigation sets the stage for a more informed debate on the topic
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Liberation’s forgotten foot soldiers

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History often ignores the role played by women and their struggle against the problems they face
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The essential key to SA’s liberation

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As Mandela said, education is the most potent weapon we have to create a truly free and equal South Africa
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SA’s transition, interrupted

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A World Bank report aims to help the country to eliminate poverty by 2030 and to boost shared prosperity
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Oliphant slams national minimum wage detractors

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Oliphant condemned criticism of the bill as “nothing but pure electioneering and attempts to score cheap political points”
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I’m not going for cheap votes over land, says Lekota

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'Don’t give land to people who don’t know how to use it; give it to people who you have prepared'
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Free higher education won’t be free

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The campaign for free higher education fails to consider who actually pays for it
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Biko would not be happy with the lack of progress in the ‘new’ South Africa

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The leader of the Black Consciousness movement would have demanded that those who stole funds meant for the poor answer for their misdeeds
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ANC take heed: Even big brands die if they abandon their founding values

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The brand of South Africa's ruling party, the 104-year-old ANC, is in serious decline. The party needs to act decisively to stop this.
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Steven Friedman: Taking sides on the charter

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Political analyst Steven Friedman - who features on one of the M&G Lit Fest panels - looks at a critique of South Africa's Freedom Charter.
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