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That Ramaphosa has appointed a commission of inquiry to look into the police is a good thing. But you can’t blame the public for…
Cyril cools his heels while cops crater
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Unhappily ever after: The big GNU divorce tease
With the axing of Andrew Whitfield, tensions between the DA and ANC have ratcheted up again…
Oh goody! More talking!
There’s apparently no hurry to get Ramaphosa’s ‘national dialogue’ off the ground. We’ll likely have to wait a year for any programme of action…
Government, we beg you, step aside!
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Inside Cyril’s gift box for Donald
Cars, gas, rare earths – and a nod to equity equivalence. South Africa’s gift box to Trump may not dazzle, but it’s a transactional…
Cupcake survives ambush in Trump’s bunker
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Dealing with The Donald
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