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Transformation at a snails pace in South Africa
The Real African|| By Dumani Mandela South Africa transformation policies have created a viable but somewhat precarious black middle class.…
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Thuli Madonsela On Jacob Zuma and Fixing South Africa
Thuli Madonsela, South Africa’s former public protector – a position tasked with investigating state and government misconduct – is best…
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7 reasons why Zuma is a brilliant strategist and tactician
“Dear all just remember, President Zuma started a chess club in Robben Island. When others were reading Hegel, he was…
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Why South Africa should undo Mandela’s economic deals
Is South Africa finally maturing to the point that the economic – not just political – compromises of the 1990s…
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South Africa is just another African country
In the midst of the political confusion that has gripped our country many people are wondering if we have come to…
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We are all Helen Zille. Or, why the West thinks that colonialism was not all bad.
In a series of tweets, Helen Zille, who is Premier of the Western Cape (one of South Africa’s nine provinces)…
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Ntsiki Mazwai’s open letter to black people
Dear Black people…. So let me get this right….. u wear white people’s hair; you bleach your skin; you wear…
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Interview with Labi Akapo
Interview with Labi Akapo, a Nigerian master craftsman who grew up in Britain where he honed his craft. He then…
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South Africa 100 years of landless blacks
The Land Act of 1913 is the root of all the poverty in South Africa. Starting from 1652 when Dutch…
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How Nigeria Spent $61 Billion To Free South Africa from Apartheid
In a rare show of charitable love to South Africa, Nigerians made gigantic yield adding to the demolition of politically-sanctioned…
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SA President Has No Right to Honour Castro – Malema
President Jacob Zuma has sold out Fidel Castro and has no right to be paying tribute to the Cuban revolutionary,…
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Botswana at 50: African miracle or African mirage?
By: CHRISTIAN JOHN MAKGALA At the end of last month, Botswana celebrated the 50th anniversary of its political independence from British…
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'What Can South Africa Be, What Can Africa Be, What Can the World Be?'
By Melissa Britz Pretoria — Software pioneer Bill Gates has delivered the 14th Nelson Mandela Annual lecture at the University…
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WATCH: Real South African abortion stories
WARNING: While the content in the video above is not graphic, the stories told may upset sensitive viewers. We interviewed…
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Twin Brothers Charged with Terrorism by South African Court
On Monday, two men identified in court papers as 24-year-old twin brothers, Brandon Lee Thulsie and Tony Lee Thulsie are…
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