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Ending violence against foreigners can only happen by first recognising – and addressing – the hazards of South Africa’s crumbling system of indirect rule.
Perceptions that South African police treat people disrespectfully, lack impartiality or transparency, and are prone to brutality
undermine public confidence in them.
A need for enhanced presidential power, inherited from the early days of post-Communist transition, ruined any chances of compromise between Ukraine and Russia years ago.
Most citizens feel that it is pointless to vote because it won’t change anything.
Parties must forego ideological rigidity and compromise for the common good, says Mpho Phalatse about making coalitions work.
Ukraine was becoming increasingly linked with the global economy. Russia’s invasion puts its progress at risk.
While social responsibility can help establish a culture founded on transparency and accountability, AI tools can assist companies in implementing these values within the organization.
A judicial commission has found that the Guptas orchestrated massive corruption and the capture of the South African state, with the help of their friend, former president Jacob Zuma.
Corruption must be made a high-risk enterprise so that when offenders are caught, the laws will be enforced
There has been a clear attempt to undermine the role of the Judicial Service Commission by some who sit on it.
Reviving the capacity of the state is also crucial to shoring up support for democracy in the long term.
The scale of the Guptas’ rapaciousness meant that, within just a few years, the institutions they leeched were in a state of collapse.
The census will focus everyone in on the core challenges the country faces, where they are, and who is most affected.
Top-down enforcement of rules is not working; it has to be in people’s own interests to behave ethically.
The ANC retains its determination to rule yet lacks the capacity to do so effectively. The only way out of the dilemma is its defeat in an election.
Australia has plummeted in Transparency International’s corruption perception index over the past decade. It’s time our leaders commit to real reform.
Ramaphosa currently has no known rivals with widespread support within the African National Congress.
South Africans are led by a dithering president at the helm of an inept political party which has already passed its sell by date.
The inquiry’s findings could be a defining moment for South Africa, but only if the work of the Commission leads to concrete action and systemic change.
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