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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ — Trump’s Fake South Africa

Rob Rose and Zukile Majova are joined by Patrick Smith from Africa Confidential

Chris Hatting.

Business-government bromance is failing South Africa

It’s time for business to put government under pressure to deliver

NATASHA MARRIAN: A poll where everything is in play

No more safe seats in the 2026 local elections

SIMON BROWN: Ignore the noise and the fury

Elections are looming in the US and South Africa, but investors should stick to their long-term strategy

JUSTICE MALALA: Bring this dark money to light

Dark donations are a threat to South Africa's democracy and electoral transparency

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STUART THEOBALD: The ANC’s new realism meets an old pledge

But will voters believe it?

NATASHA MARRIAN: The messy politics of a maturing democracy

SA’s coalition era is democracy in action

Was De Kock the real ‘Prime Evil’?

Eugene de Kock challenges the incomplete prosecution of apartheid-era security bosses

Battle of the blueprints for South Africa’s broken municipalities

The ANC and DA offer starkly contrasting manifestos on how to fix South Africa’s municipalities

A good week for de Villiers Engelbrecht

Airlink's daring rugby flyby and Joburg mayor shows his colours

The week ahead: Politics goes door to door

Your guide to the goings-on in the days to come

EDITORIAL: Business can’t fix what politics won’t

An economy growing at 1.1% cannot simply be willed to nearly treble its pace

JUSTICE MALALA: This ‘cat theory’ can save South Africa

South Africa needs cats to catch its mice

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PODCAST: The ANC and the Bokke: each snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

The municipal poll is an opportunity to remedy municipal bankruptcy rather than a political event

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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ — Zambia’s election nobody believes

Also: SA’s zama zama crisis and a brewing DA scandal

JUSTICE MALALA: Desperately seeking brave leaders

SADC summit: all talk, no action in the region.

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PODCAST: UncoveringIT! The great Johannesburg poker game

Giulietta Talevi and Shirley de Villiers discuss the myriad possibilities in this crucial race.

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PODCAST: ‘ListenUP!’ — what’s the word, Johannesburg

The city is due for a reset in November, but for better or worse?

Real Politics: Ramaphosa faces his Waterloo

Ramaphosa enters the November 4 municipal elections at his weakest yet, with MK surging, the alliance fractured and his Phala Phala battle still unresolved

Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Lord Peter Hain

Lord Peter Hain, a former UK Labour MP and son of South African anti-apartheid activists, discusses his latest thriller "Smuggler Kingpin" and shares personal insights on books,…