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South Africa’s defence force is top heavy, old, overly concerned with soft issues and pomp – and it’s costing soldiers their lives…
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Trump shows Ramaphosa the bird
Trump’s no-holds-barred attack on South Africa’s land expropriation law has Ramaphosa’s aides in a spin – but all is not lost…
Hope is not a strategy in a new Trump world
Donald Trump is no joke. The unpredictability of his presidency is terrible for investment and policy planning – and SA is not immune…
South Africa’s DRC shame
SA’s influence in Africa will be seriously undermined if the government withdraws its soldiers from a peacekeeping force in the DRC…
The Zuma ghost walks, and Cyril freezes in fear
Cyril Ramaphosa should take a leaf out of Donald Trump’s playbook if he wants to counter the Zuma factor that’s holding him back…
Taking South Africa’s temperature: Some sun, many clouds
It’s not all doom and gloom, as Vrye Weekblad’s Ali van Wyk found out when he canvassed prominent South Africans for their opinions on…
Thirteen years later, the Gaddafi billions are still missing
In 2011, billions of dollars were flown into SA from Libya. To date, no-one knows what’s happened to them…
US envoy Brigety leaves South Africa with hope – and a warning
The US ambassador on South Africans ‘finding each other’, the price of being free, and constructive international relations. But no word on the Lady…
Christmas in the Upside-Down
South Africa was not made for northern hemisphere Christmas gumph. Luckily, it’s found its own brand of festive cheer…
Who really killed Chris Hani?
Vrye Weekblad’s Max du Preez tries to make sense of all the questions and theories around Chris Hani’s 1993 assassination.…
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