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Johannesburg cannot police its future

Coronavirus Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon - 27 Oct 2020

South Africa’s biggest city is ground zero for debates about the long-term effectiveness and constitutionality of militarised urban policing and how we imagine the post-Covid city

Calling South African conservatives…

Opinion Angelo Ryan - 26 Sep 2020

We’ve tried leftism for long enough and what we have to show for it is corruption and mismanagement, when what we need is jobs and education. Is it time to try out a Mashaba-esque version of right-wing politics?

No mass DA exodus, for now

Politics Lester Kiewit - 10 Sep 2020

Despite growing disgruntlement and a string of high-profile resignations, often by black members, DA rank and file don’t appear to be jumping ship

Critique of Herman Mashaba is unwarranted

Opinion Angelo Ryan - 11 Aug 2020

If the former mayor was capable of accomplishing all that he did under two oppressive regimes, his potential in an independent party is almost unimaginable, writes Angelo Ryan.

Herman Mashaba wants you to forget

Opinion Anthony Johnson - 9 Aug 2020

When considering Herman Mashaba’s new political plans, the South African public must reckon with the former mayor of Johannesburg's actual record

Inner-city raids: criminal police conduct violates residents’ privacy and dignity

Analysis Thato Masiangoako - 18 Mar 2020

Residents of 11 buildings in Johannesburg have challenged the constitutionality of the raids they were subjected to in the high court

Moving towards undoing Joburg’s spatial apartheid

Article Dennis Webster - 4 Mar 2020

The Nodal Review might transform South Africa’s biggest city. Implementing the new policy, which has the potential to open wealthy suburbs to impoverished residents, is the challenge

Ntuli joins the race to ‘save the DA’

Article Lester Kiewit - 4 Feb 2020

KZN MPL’s letter to members says the DA is in ‘permanent damage control’ and she won’t watch as the party ‘disappears into oblivion’

Jozi jetsam floating in Durbs

Article Paddy Harper - 6 Dec 2019

It’s an annual thing but perhaps the invading army’s numbers have been boosted by about five DA councillors

ANC in Gauteng flexes its muscle over election of a Jo’burg mayor

Article Paddy Harper - 3 Dec 2019

The ruling party hopes to woo the Inkatha Freedom Party and win back the city from the Democratic Alliance coalition

EFF wants Jozi mayor job, ends DA deal

Article Paddy Harper - 22 Nov 2019

The decision, made public by EFF president Julius Malema at a briefing in Johannesburg yesterday, effectively ends the coalition

Party’s woes signify historical dilemma of South Africa’s liberals

Article Roger Southall - 12 Nov 2019

The Democratic Alliance’s problems can be traced back to the politicisation of race, which has persisted even after the dawn of democracy in 1994

ANC at sea over retaking Jo’burg

Article Paddy Harper - 8 Nov 2019

Talks with smaller parties haven’t been concluded and the EFF is silent on its coalition with the DA

Mashaba’s xenophobic legacy

Article Jan Bornman - 7 Nov 2019

The outgoing mayor’s tweet about the arrest statistics of migrants displays both his bigotry and a misunderstanding of how crime and policing work

Flailing coalitions are failing democracy in SA

Article Paul Kariuki - 31 Oct 2019

Battles between the parties affect their ability to deliver promises to the electorate

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Johannesburg cannot police its future

Matthew Wilhelm solomon - 27 Oct 2020

South Africa’s biggest city is ground zero for debates about the long-term effectiveness and constitutionality of militarised urban policing and how we imagine the post-Covid city

Coronavirus

Ithala backs its embattled chairperson

Paddy Harper - 25 Oct 2020

Roshan Morar is being investigated in connection with KwaZulu-Natal education department backpack sanitiser tender worth R4-million and a batch of face masks that vanished

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Q&A Sessions: ‘My north star is the patient’

Eyaaz Matwadia - 24 Oct 2020

Rhulani Nhlaniki is Pfizer’s cluster lead for sub-Saharan Africa. As Pfizer starts phase III of the clinical trial of their Covid-19 vaccine candidate, he tells Malaikah Bophela that if it is successful, the company will ensure the vaccine will be available to everyone who needs it

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