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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 03: Gwede Mantashe, Pieter Groenewald and Leon Schreiber during the swearing-in ceremony of the new national executive members at Cape Town International Convention Centre on July 03, 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa. The new National Executive constitutes the 7th Democratic Administration as a Government of National Unity comprising a diversity of political parties as an outcome of the national and provincial elections held on Wednesday, 29 May 2024. (Photo by Gallo Images/Misha Jordaan)
Mailbox

Mailbox | The GNU: Two years, three tests

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Editor BizNews
6 min read
Two years into the GNU, growth, jobs and crime targets remain unmet.
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA – OCTOBER 16: Election Posters And Billboards displayed on October 16, 2026 in Pretoria, South Africa. The 2026 South African municipal elections will be held on 4 November 2026 across South Africa, to elect councils for all district, metropolitan and local municipalities in each of the country's nine provinces. (Photo by Gallo Images/Lefty Shivambu)
Jaundiced Eye

WSM's Jaundiced Eye: Don’t vote for political minnows

By
William Saunderson-Meyer
6 min read
How micro-parties are destabilising South Africa’s local government and coalitions
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 04: General view of job seekers on June 04, 2021 in Johannesburg, South Africa. According to media reports, South Africa’s official unemployment rate rose to 32.6% between January and March (the first quarter) of 2021, from 32.5% in the last quarter of 2020. (Photo by Gallo Images/Luba Lesolle)
Rational Perspective

Foreigners aren’t taking SA jobs. Bad policy is | Chris Patterson

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Daily Friend
4 min read
Government must focus on investment and economic growth instead of blaming foreign workers for unemployment.
Celebrity worship syndrome: why we follow the famous and ignore the brilliant
Good Hope

Celebrity worship syndrome: why we follow the famous and ignore the brilliant

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Editor BizNews
6 min read
Irvan Damon asks why celebrity trivia sticks while Nobel winners fade, and what that misplaced attention costs economies, organisations and progress.
Zuma's super spy's secret trial: Willem Els
Interviews

Zuma's super spy's secret trial: Willem Els

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Chris Steyn
10 min read
Willem Els warns the R12m SSA case may be just the tip of the iceberg.
ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - 2026/08/21: Fans of the "Spider-Man" film series gathered at "Velikan Park" cinema for a fan meeting and a screening of "Spider-Man: Brand New Day", which began its unofficial theatrical release in Russia. (Photo by Andrei Bok/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Health

Prof. Colleen Aldous: Spider-Man’s power off switch is real; it’s already lowering cholesterol in SA

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Editor BizNews
4 min read
Medicines can already reduce the production of particular proteins. A spider bite, however, will not give us superpowers.
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