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South Africa’s State-Media Relationship
From Naspers to News24, a look at media power and its political connections.
International Law overrides the South African constitution for group self-determination
Do you know that group self-determination is a supreme international legal right that no constitution or government can override?
Public trust shaken over Bergvliet development approval
Residents shocked after learning Tokai development already approved despite unresolved environmental concerns and limited scrutiny.
news
AfriForum approaches court to revise Graaff-Reinet’s name change
The decision of Minister Gayton McKenzie to rename Graaff-Reinet has proven highly unpopular, and has failed to meet consultation requirements
Flood season: WC govt reluctantly recognises need for maintaining infrastructure
Transnet to lease stations to private companies
New data centres to consume 1/3 of Cape Town’s electricity
Plett residents race to save Robberg’s last lung
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The world recapitulated in miniature
Why South Africa has shown the future trajectory of the West and its economic periphery, a future that is only avoidable through great effort and sacrifice
Understand South Africa’s Oligarchy
South Africa’s concentrated economic power structure reveals tensions between political elites, corporations, and ordinary citizens.
Parents turn to home schooling
Home schooling is on the rise in South Africa as parents look for affordable and dependable educational alternatives amid multiple challenges.
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Winelands News
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economy
Sakeliga defeats Steenhuisen’s draconian controls in court
The order grants livestock owners the right to privately procure approved stock vaccines and to administer them privately
Transnet to lease stations to private companies
Operators will not get to operate any aspects of the rail services besides the station buildings, as a commercial property transaction
opinion
How to think clearly about decentralisation
Whenever people discuss solutions for South Africa, they act as if they are already at the bargaining table, but we are not even in the same building, To get in, we need to be more pushy
politics
Fishers still waiting: Has anything changed under the DA?
AfriForum approaches court to revise Graaff-Reinet’s name change