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SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA - JANUARY 07: Residents fill up water from water tankers in Dube on January 07, 2026 in Soweto, South Africa. It is reported that critical work is under way at the Eikenhof pump station, as Johannesburg enters day two of a 54-hour maintenance shutdown. (Photo by Gallo Images/Fani Mahuntsi)
SA Renewal

Broken by design: How Joburg's service failures became a business

By
The Common Sense
6 min read
How Johannesburg was broken. Former councillor Ivor Blumenthal argues cable theft, tanker cartels and construction mafias are not failures of governance but its business model.
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 10: Former president Thabo Mbeki at the National Youth Entrepreneurship Awards at The Ballroom at The Wanderers Club on December 10, 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The awards celebrate and recognise youths who have displayed entrepreneurial qualities and made contributions to the nation. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)
Leadership

Thabo Mbeki's foundation warns of bloodshed if BEE goes. It's missing the real danger

By
Daily Friend
10 min read
Terence Corrigan says South Africans want jobs, not race policy, and that clinging to a failing framework is the bigger threat to democracy.
The Economist: White Zimbabweans return to farming
Worldview

The Economist: White Zimbabweans return to farming

By
The Economist
5 min read
Their return a generation after Robert Mugabe’s land grabs reflects the country’s potential—and its troubles
The NdB Sunday Show: Strip-club HQ of Sandton SAPS, CR’s Meyer move and MTN “terror funding” case…
Interviews

The NdB Sunday Show: Strip-club HQ of Sandton SAPS, CR’s Meyer move and MTN “terror funding” case…

By
Chris Steyn
13 min read
Simone Heradien unpacks Sibiya’s arrest, The Grand scandal, MTN’s US case and her break with the ANC.
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - FEBRUARY 19: President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa during the Presidential Response To The SONA Debate at the Nieuwmeester Dome on February 19, 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa. The National Assembly (NA) and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) debated the State of the Nation Address (SONA), which President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered at the Cape Town City Hall on February 12th. (Photo by Gallo Images/Ziyaad Douglas)
SA Renewal

Can three new laws break SA's "political economy of inefficiency"?

By
The Conversation
5 min read
South Africa’s public service reforms seek to strengthen accountability, professionalism and governance.
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