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Dealing with The Donald Cyril Ramaphosa’s mission to Washington should be more icebreaking than transactional… by Tim Cohen May 20, 2025 Politics
Memo to President Ramaphosa An open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa ahead of his visit to the White House… Greg MillsRay Hartley May 19, 2025 Opinion·Politics
No laughs at Dada Morero’s Joburg circus The state of the city address was the usual mix of empty promises, missing detail and improbable solutions. Only, now with ‘bomb squad’!… by Shirley de Villiers May 13, 2025 Opinion·Politics
The rank hypocrisy of South Africa’s public holidays Public holidays like Human Rights and Freedom Day provide good opportunities for political posturing. But our politicians offer little else… by Tim Cohen May 9, 2025 Opinion·Politics
Behind Trump’s calculation on China Trump’s tariff war and foreign policy agenda are being driven by a need to combat the fiscal crisis and the US’s hollowed-out manufacturing base… by Steven Kuo April 29, 2025 Opinion·Politics
Can the GNU survive Enoch’s U-turn? The much-loathed VAT hike may be gone, but tensions in the government of national unity may yet torpedo the coalition… by Rob Rose April 25, 2025 Politics
The anatomy of a retreat: why the ANC blinked on the VAT increase What precipitated the party’s climbdown on the VAT issue?… Tim CohenGiulietta Talevi April 25, 2025 Politics
Is ANC support below the DA? Well sort of, but not really … The startling findings of new opinion polls require deeper interrogation. But they leave no doubt that the age of ANC impunity is over… by Rob Rose April 17, 2025 Politics
ANC, claiming it is not ‘anti-business’, mulls ditching VAT hike Amid the furore over the budget, the ANC is now apparently looking for ways to scrap the VAT hike and find the money to… by Rob Rose April 14, 2025 Opinion·Politics
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