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Editorials
Rethinking Empowerment Policy for South Africa’s Future
South Africa’s empowerment policies must focus on tangible investments and job creation, with tradable scorecards, to drive long-term economic growth.

Politics
DA, MK Neck-and-Neck in Polling Among Black Voters
The DA is more popular than the EFF among black voters.
Politics
Boost for Western Cape Independence Bid as FF+ and Referendum Party Merge
FF+ picks up a little independence in the Cape.
Politics
Steenhuisen Folds Under Legal Pressure to Allow Private Vaccine Procurement and Administration
Legal pressure forces policy shift on private FMD vaccines as farmers gain limited access under veterinary oversight.
Politics
PA Wins – Again – in the Western Cape
A bad day for the ANC as it shrinks in Cape Town and loses in Oudtshoorn.
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Makin Sense of Violent Crime In South Africa, Cuba, Good News For FMD, And New Marriage Statistics
In this episode, the panel explains how two agricultural unions and a business lobby group are pressuring the minister of agriculture, through the courts, to allow private vaccine procurement and administration to combat the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) epidemic. It then talks through the political madness of the UK and Western energy policy broadly amidst the Iran war. Dr James Myburgh then provides a fascinating deep-dive analysis of the origins of South Africa's violent crime pandemic and its ties to armed liberation-era movements. The panel then talks about new marriage data published by The Common Sense and why the drop in the marriage to divorce rate bodes ill for the country's long-term stability.

Jacob Zuma and What Might Have Been
In this astonishing exchange Frans Cronje and the panel talk about Jacob Zuma and how if elite socie…
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