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Forget the Hawks - Paul Hoffman SC says SA needs "The Eagles"
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Forget the Hawks - Paul Hoffman SC says SA needs "The Eagles"

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Editor BizNews
7 min read
South Africa urgently needs sweeping reforms to tackle organised crime and corruption.
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, 5TH AVENUE, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2019/06/09: Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - Thousands of people lined the streets along 5th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan celebrating their Puerto Rican heritage. In its 62nd year, the National Puerto Rican Day Parade is the largest parade of Puerto Rican culture. This year's theme was "Un Pueblo, Muchas Voces" (One Nation, Many Voices) celebrating the diversity of Puerto Rico. (Photo by Gabriele Holtermann-Gorden/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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SLR: So Woke was a scam. Who knew?

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Daily Friend
5 min read
AOC’s Woke retreat raises questions over its lasting social impact
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 21: A protest sign is displayed by the bank of the River Thames at Ham and Kingston bathing area on August 21, 2026 in London, United Kingdom. Richmond Council has advised people not to swim in London's first designated River Thames swimming area after the Environment Agency confirmed that toxic algae had been found in the water. The Ham and Kingston bathing area was officially designated as London's first bathing water site in May this year. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
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Mazzucato on BizNews: To make cities "swimmable," treat water as a mission, not a budget line

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Editor BizNews
6 min read
Making cities swimmable: why clean waterways are becoming essential climate infrastructure.
02 September 2025, Vietnam, Hanoi: Vietnamese troops march during a parade to celebrate the 80th anniversary of independence in the Vietnamese capital. Photo: Bac Pham/dpa (Photo by Bac Pham/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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Dirk Hartford: What Vietnam got right: Lessons for SA from communist success story

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Editor BizNews
4 min read
Vietnam’s economic sise offers South Africa a powerful lesson
JERSEY CITY, NJ - AUGUST 25: A 95 percent illuminated Sturgeon Moon rises out of a cloud behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City, two nights before a lunar eclipse on August 25, 2026, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
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Empathy isn't a "bug" in Western civilisation, it's the foundation: Ivo Vegter

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Daily Friend
15 min read
Is empathy really destroying the West—or is it what holds it together?
Rodin's celebrated sculpture The Thinker, was the first work by Rodin to be erected in a public place in front of the Pantheon becoming associated with socialism in the unsettled climate of 1906 when it was subsequently removed to the Rodin Museum. | Located in: Musee Auguste Rodin. (Photo by Yves Forestier/Sygma via Getty Images)
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Why freedom of thought matters more than freedom of speech this election: Elnieke Bronkhorst

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Daily Friend
5 min read
Kierkegaard's warning about mistaking loud speech for real thought resonates as South Africa heads into a fraught local election season.
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