ANC in history: Collapse and rebuilding – Part 3
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By the end of the 1930s petitioning had clearly failed and the organisation practically ceased to exist. The presidency of J. T. Gumede (1927–30)... →
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Electoral Politics: From competition and contest to potential conflict
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South Africa is scheduled to hold an election in 2024. It is a much-anticipated one, since speculation is rife that the ANC may likely lose its... →
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What economists see in South Africa’s 2026 Budget
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Delivering the budget speech last Wednesday, Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana said South Africa had reached a “turning point” in its finances.... →
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Congo-Brazzaville’s predictable election masks a brewing succession battle
Institute for Security Studies
The growing pool of disaffected youth could test the ruling party’s grip on power, especially as succession questions loom. The Republic of the... →
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Why Air Quality Matters in Our Communities: The Breathe and Thrive Air Aware Campaign
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The Air Quality Matters project can play a vital role in raising awareness about air quality issues and the impact on people’s health, as well as... →
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Important shifts
REAL ECONOMY: BUDGET 2026
The overarching theme of last week’s Budget was definitely the fiscal turning point that has now finally been reached. Debt is being stabilised and... →
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Action counts, not declarations
LOW-CARBON FUTURE
An offhand remark caught my attention in the last stages of the Brazilian presidency of COP30. Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, the lead... →
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South Africa’s power utility Eskom tried to block a gold mine from going solar – but lost in court
The Conversation
South Africa’s national energy policy says: build more renewable power facilities and build them fast. But getting the players in the energy space... →
Other Opinions
When advice becomes a cage: Why empathy must replace imposition in South African conversations
Other Opinions
In South Africa today, there is a quiet human condition spreading through our relationships, communities, and conversations. It is not a virus with... →
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The Health of the People Must be the Supreme Law
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Cicero, the highly gifted orator and lawyer - he of the heydays of the Roman Empire, once argued that the health of the people, the health of... →
