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Editorials
Are Nefarious Foreign Intelligence Services Seeking to Collapse South Africa?
The arrest of Francois van der Merwe should not be treated as an isolated legal incident. It raises a broader and more serious question about the extent to which intelligence services may be involved in the fomenting of political extremism in South Africa and beyond.

Politics
Violent Crime Did Not Fall After Apartheid. A War Ended. There Is a Difference
The decline in murder after 1994 was the result of the end of the ANC’s People’s War, not because the party improved policing.
Politics
Divorces Up, Marriages Down in Latest National Data
Data from Statistics South Africa highlight falling numbers of marriages and a rise in divorces.
Global
Mediators Press Iran and US to Return to Talks Amid Hormuz Standoff
Diplomatic push intensifies as mediators seek resolution, but internal divisions within Iran complicate progress toward negotiations.
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Hermann Pretorius breaks down the latest Institute of Race Relations poll, revealing South Africans'…
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