South Africa still failing the GBV test
The numbers suggest shortcomings in SA’s reactive GBV response. The country needs more capacity and resources – but also a shift in norms and…
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Zama zamas’ new target: South Africa’s farms?
Two weeks ago, Ali van Wyk wrote a piece for Vrye Weekblad: “Let’s Go for a Ride: South Africa’s Growing Kidnapping Plague”. His account…
‘Stop accepting crime’ – Eskom chair
While so many economic lights are now flashing green, the one major hindrance to investment remains as intractable as ever: runaway crime. Speaking on…
South Africa’s kidnapping scourge
It’s a significant moment in the development of a nation when ordinary citizens become the target of organised crime. Even if they just feel…
Long live the GNU – but make us safe and deliver our services
South Africa, under the government of national unity (GNU), is clearly significantly better off than it would have been had the ANC continued to…
The One Thing …
Bruce Whitfield rounds up 100 thinkers on what one thing they would do if they were in charge of South Africa, to catalyse change.…
Burning the small fry: Steinhoff’s unlikely first South African convict
When you picture the first conviction for the grand R106bn Steinhoff fraud in South Africa, you probably wouldn’t have imagined the man up against…
Inside MK’s success
Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe Party remains the great unknown in South African politics. Questions persist over whether it is merely a personality cult, what it really…
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R1,000 for every South African baby? Sarupen thinks it could work
Purple CEO Charles Savage says South Africa could launch its…
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Discovery, humbled by poor crisis management, does a U-turn
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When political power enters the hunting fields
A leaked recording, court orders and company records point to…
