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Keynote address by Joel Netshitenzhe executive director of the Mapungubwe Institute (Mistra)

I should take this opportunity to congratulate the Mail & Guardian for a welcome initiative, in a systematic and creative manner, to raise the public prominence of what should, in any country, be the pride of a nation. By profiling young talent on an annual basis in this manner, [the] Mail & Guardian not only [...]

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Zahara ‘Loliwe’

Zahara Mkutukane – Loliwe by TS Records Director Ash Dibben Eastern Cape singing sensation Zahara has been on a musical high since her debut album, Loliwe, went platinum, just 13 days after its release Guitarist, Vocalist, Sings from the Heart and loves God. From the Rural areas of Phumlani (Outside East London). For Bookings call [...]

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Branding Africa: Part Two

Branding Africa: Part Two

So where do we begin? In my thought we need to create a platform where the African story will be communicated to the world in our own way on our terms. This is because in the midst of the poverty, suffering, wars and mal administration there are some positive things happening on the African continent. [...]

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Should Character And Morality Be A Necessary Prerequisite For Public Leadership?

Should Character And Morality Be A Necessary Prerequisite For Public Leadership?

A few weeks ago, I spent most of my Sunday morning at an ANCYL Johannesburg Region emergency general council, which had been called by the ANCYL provincial leadership, here in Gauteng. After all the drama and tension of the emergency RGC, as so often happens, we all went out for drinks and spent time socialising [...]

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The Return of The Death Guy

Sean Davidson. (read story) Every time his name comes up I can’t help but envision a man who is intent on making sure that old people in pain should be killed off to make room for the rest of us. And for the life of me I cannot understand how he can think that what [...]

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Constitutionalism in South Africa

Constitutionalism in South Africa

There has been much uproar in South Africa recently, with the ruling ANC, proposing some amendments to the country’s much celebrated constitution. The ANC has proposed a review of the constitutionally guaranteed powers of South Africa’s judiciary amongst many other suggestions that it has put forward for public discussion. Naturally, this has drawn much criticism [...]

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Dear Son

Dear Son

The gang rape of a Soweto teen and the circulation of a video of the crime, was perhaps one of the most disturbing things to happen in  South Africa in a long time. It made me wonder, what makes a man? Do men know?   Dear Son, I am planting words like seeds along your [...]

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Branding Africa: Part One

Branding Africa: Part One

This is part one of Branding Article. Feint and Margin will publish the second part in next weeks publication. “I am an African by identity and a South African by citizenship” I began this article with this statement as I look at some of the issues that are hampering the progress of the African continent [...]

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South Africa Needs a New Ethos

South Africa Needs a New Ethos

Watching the recent service delivery protests in the Mbombela Municipality in Mpumalanga and in Grabouw in the Western Cape, with people burning down schools and vandalising property, made me realise how much we still need to grow as a people, if South Africa is indeed going to develop into one of the successful nations of [...]

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Why?

Why?

A few years ago, I happened upon an article that was entitled the art of strategic questions. The premise of the article was that for people to make significant advances they need to ask the right questions to solve any type of problem. It is upon this premises that I base my thoughts in this [...]

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