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For most middle class folks, the Protection of Information Bill is yet another checkpoint on the list verifying a government becoming increasingly paranoid of exposing its own systemic rot. Alarming, but inexorable. The details are not overly well-reported, because the nitty gritty implications of the bill make for poor reading,...
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It seems most South African do not know. This was one of the concerns of the local government elections. There was public discontent at the selection of candidates. Protests in the North West, Mpumalanga and the Free State took place in the months leading up to the May 18 election with appalling results. Voters in Ermelo decided to...
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Judging from some of the feedback on Twitter and Facebook from many of my intellectual friends, spoiling your ballot as an act of protest against the parties that you cannot find any reasonable accord with has become the new political activism du-jour. I had thought that the reasons for not doing so were obvious enough, but as the...
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Local government elections. Politics at the lowest level, at its least sexiest, sometimes dirtiest, and yet politics at its most critical. There are over 23 million registered voters, and unlike previous local government elections, it is anticipated that over 50% will vote. Polls open at 7:00AM at 23 000 polling stations across 19...
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What do the former Directorate of Special Operations (‘the Scorpions’) and the National Intelligence Agency (‘NIA’) have in common? This sounds like the precursor to a witty one-liner, but the answer is actually far from amusing: both appear to have been infiltrated by different factions of the pre-Polokwane ANC. Certain ANC...
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