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Mathew Blatchford

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The impotence of the left would not be a problem if the right’s policies were productive.
COUNTRY

​SA left will have to stand up to an unscrupulous ruling class to resurrect itself

Those in power will use propaganda and repressive state apparatus to maintain their grasp on the country’s purse strings

  • Mathew Blatchford
5 min read
The impotence of the left would not be a problem if the right’s policies were productive.
COUNTRY

​South African left will have to stand up to an unscrupulous ruling class to resurrect itself

Those in power will use propaganda and repressive state apparatus to maintain their grasp on the country’s purse strings

  • Mathew Blatchford
5 min read
Freedom to express fundamental rights versus administrative action by the South African Revenue Service exposes a fundamental link to communal interests and justice in a constitutional democracy. (Oupa Nkosi)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

In denial of reality, we stuff our eye sockets and ears with toilet paper

‘Years of incompetent government in the service of irresponsible oligarchs has left the country in ruins,’ writes Mathew Blatchford

  • Mathew Blatchford
4 min read
The opening of the nomination process meant that ANC members
ACADEMIC RESEARCH

Research is at the mercy of plutocracy

When corporate entities fund think-tanks it puts paid to intellectual integrity or political engagement.

  • Mathew Blatchford
5 min read