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The late minister Pravin Gordhan. Photo: Essa Alexander/Sunday Times

A tribute to PG – always the activist and the people’s leader

Pravin Gordhan’s contribution included the negotiated transition to democracy, the new Constitution and the transformation of the state apparatus and the public sector

Former public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan.

Pravin Gordhan set the benchmark for public service and dedication to the cause

Not everyone liked the late former public enterprises minister, but everyone respected him

“[Pravin Gordhan] was a highly skilled backroom operator who shied away from the spotlight” (Getty Images)

OBITUARY – Pravin Gordhan’s last warning: Democracy will not survive on its own

Gordhan’s last political act was to call for a ‘reset’ and a return to progressive politics

Virat Kohli of India congratulates Wayne Parnell of South Africa following the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup match between India and South Africa at Perth Stadium on October 30, 2022 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

Cricket must help South Africa and India rekindle their friendship

South African cricket has always been at the forefront of transformation in sport not just locally but also globally

Multi-Party Charter ready for takeoff, but Codesa III it is not

There have been no walkouts or temper tantrums as opposition parties bury the hatchet

The DA’s six-point plan would make a big difference in unleashing small businesses, helping them to flourish, grow and employ more South Africans. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

There is a plan for a job in every home

The Western Cape is a successful seeding ground for the DA’s approach to grow small businesses

On the pulse: Clara Nzima, who has had various jobs at the SABC, says that content and research is what always kept her channel ahead of the competition (Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/ M&G)

Educate and respect your audience, says Clara Nzima

Keep your ear to the ground, says Clara Nzima, who rose from production assistant to head of channel

The broad policy priorities identified are expected to strengthen job creation

SA’s transition, interrupted

A World Bank report aims to help the country to eliminate poverty by 2030 and to boost shared prosperity

Tardiness, not Constitution, to blame for land crisis

Section 25 of the country’s supreme law is not the reason for the extremely slow pace of land reform

If Ramaphosa confronts how government has been its own impediment on land redistribution

Letters to the editor: June 2 to 8 2017

Readers write in about the opposition, party donors, and the ANC.

Love our ugly

Learn to love South Africa’s ugly camel

Camels are great. They’re better than horses in many respects.

The past is done, live life forward

We can’t reverse the decisions made and playing the blame game for South Africa’s woes is pointless.

The idea of a social pact was used widely in the European democracies with strong welfare states.

Ten things about social pacts

Social pacts grow from social contract theory, which goes back to the great Enlightenment philosophers of the 1600s and 1700s.