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Guptagate points to lack of accountability

Guptagate is but the latest scandal for a government that seems skilled in generating media fodder, writes Stefan Gilbert.

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Lean budget will leave SA defenceless

The defence budget needs a major rethink, writes Helmoed Römer Heitman.

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This burgher is king, the masses paupers

The "War on Poverty" is over. Because in a moment of presidential madness, it became a bad joke. Murray Willams explains why.

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Guests who attended the multimullion rand Gupta wedding in Sun City queue for departure at the OR Tambo check-in counter after their aircraft was diverted from Waterkloof Airforce Base. File photo: Paballo Thekiso

Guptagate points to lack of accountability
May 18 2013 at 16:05

Guptagate is but the latest scandal for a government that seems skilled in generating media fodder, writes Stefan Gilbert.

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Members of the SANDF take part in a training exercise in the bush.

Lean budget will leave SA defenceless
May 17 2013 at 20:05

The defence budget needs a major rethink, writes Helmoed Römer Heitman.

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This burgher is king, the masses paupers
May 17 2013 at 12:11

The "War on Poverty" is over. Because in a moment of presidential madness, it became a bad joke. Murray Willams explains why.

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File photo: Professor Cyril Karabus

My long walk with Karabus to freedom
May 17 2013 at 09:01

When Nontando Mposo’s editor handed her a piece of paper eight months ago, she had no idea she was breaking a major story.

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Panyaza Lesufi, spokesman for the Department of Basic Education, took part in a recent radio debate. File photo: Chris Collingridge

Media racism alive and well in SA
May 17 2013 at 07:57

What happens in newsrooms is not a construct of media barons, it is a reflection of our society, says Makhudu Sefara

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An image grab taken on May 15, 2013 from an undated video uploaded on YouTube allegedly shows Khaled al-Hamad, a rebel fighter known as Abu Sakkar, holding the heart of a Syrian government soldier after cutting it out from his dead body.

What turned Syrian fighter into cannibal?
May 16 2013 at 14:02

Even in such a particularly murderous war, a fighter eating the lungs of an enemy reached a new depth of savagery.

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Zambia's Vice President Guy Scott reading a South African newspaper on board a South African Airways flight en route to UK to attend former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's funeral Picture: Zambia High Commission to South Africa H.E. Muyeba Chikonde

Diplomatically destructive words costly
May 16 2013 at 19:43

Guy Scott should have been leading the way in spreading messages of unity and love, says Abe Mokoena

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File image - Different branches of the Metro police on parade. Picture: Etienne Creux

No place to run from metro cops
May 15 2013 at 19:08

If the women and men in tight navy pants trap you it’s tickets for sure, says Janet Smith.

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Voters stand in line to cast their votes in South Africa's first democratic elections in this April 27, 1994, file image. Photo: Denis Farrell, AP

What happened to the dream of 1994?
May 16 2013 at 08:58

Young people are losing hope in the government we pinned all our hopes on, writes Joy Nonzukiso Peter.

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When he was the DAs Western Cape transport spokesman, Robin Carlisle said the provinces agricultural export and tourism sectors would be worst hit by the fuel levy rise, but Cosatu said the greatest burden would be borne by the poor, says the writer. File Photo

A convenient about-turn
May 15 2013 at 19:05

Have the DA and Cosatu changed their tune on fuel levies, now that paying for tolls suits them even less, asks Vusi Mona

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