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South Africa - News and Analysis

Johannesburg: The Right to the City

A lack of night-time taxi services means Johannesburg is off limits to millions of the city's residents after 6pm.

South Africa: The Impact of Iran's Oil Sanctions

The reduction of Iranian crude imports is likely to have numerous knock-on effects.

Tuberculosis: High Prices for a Poor Man's Disease

Prohibitively expensive diagnostics, over-priced pharmaceuticals, shortfalls in funding and the spread of drug resistance are in danger of compromising the fight against TB.

With Enough Bullets...

Is an increasingly militarised police force the answer to South Africa's woes?

ANC Say No To Mine Nationalisation

Nationalisation is dead: long live beneficiation.

Police Brutally Suppress Protesters in Cape Town

The clampdown on demonstrators was farcical, unnecessarily violent and has distracted from the important issues.

From Feast to Famine: Will the ANC Survive Another Hundred Years under Rampant Food Inflation?

Tackling inflation and poverty must be priorities for the ANC.

Tackling Climate Change is in the Interests and the Hands of the Many

Despite troubling economic times, addressing climate change must be a global priority.

South Africa’s Janus-faced Foreign Policy

South African foreign policy is the sum of the country's contradictory foreign allegiances and subsequently lacks clear direction.

HIV/AIDS: Dangerous Statistics

Is the use of estimates in measuring HIV/AIDS leading to other diseases being wrongly classified?

Lindiwe Mazibuko and the DA's “New Era”

The rise of Lindiwe Mazibuko comes at a time when South Africa's Democratic Alliance is rebooting its image – and when the ANC is in an uncertain moment.

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