The Ampersand
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Local government elections: Dear ANC, look before you leap
In love, as in politics, look before you leap
Resuscitate the public broadcaster
The SABC is simply too important to South Africa’s democracy for it to be gutted: we cannot allow it to die
What connects the M to the G?
The Ampersand connects the M to the G. We leave ‘when-we’ Weekly Mail nostalgia and financial strain behind and focus on the now
Koeberg plot, FBI rot
Two unrelated tales of citizen activism are a salient reminder that ordinary people can do extraordinary things
How the Unabomber was caught or, why we need subeditors
Subeditors are the people who turn a reporter’s words into coherent work with the correct use of grammar and language, without removing the author’s voice or misrepresenting the…
Capitalism rotten to the cor(p)
Pushback from strong social movements have recovered democracy for the people of Bolivia and Chile