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Chris Hattingh: Where the market builds, the state has stopped delivering

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Daily Friend
4 min read
South Africa’s township property boom exposes the growing gap between private investment and failing municipal services
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Ivo Vegter: This is why we can’t have nice things - ConCourt scraps Shell's Wild Coast oil rights

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Daily Friend
13 min read
ConCourt ruling ends Shell’s Wild Coast exploration bid, raising fresh concerns over investment and South Africa’s energy security.
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How smart was Sherlock Holmes's arch enemy Moriarty?

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Daily Friend
6 min read
IQ, crime and the chilling odds of getting away with murder
Van Staden: If you still oppose privatisation, you don’t really understand South Africa
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Van Staden: If you still oppose privatisation, you don’t really understand South Africa

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Daily Friend
8 min read
Low trust, high diversity and fierce electoral competition make the developmental state model unworkable, this analysis argues, favouring privatisation.
John Endres' BNC#9 message: SA: the patient that wants to be cured
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John Endres' BNC#9 message: SA: the patient that wants to be cured

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Daily Friend
11 min read
South Africa’s shifting politics could create the conditions for growth, reform and renewed optimism.
Schoolboy rugby: simpler than the politics around it
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School rugby's problem isn't diversity - it's political interference: Martin van Staden

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Daily Friend
6 min read
From athletics to netball, hockey and rugby, similar quota disputes have repeatedly sidelined pupils selected on merit.
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