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Editorials
Trouble Brewing in the GNU on Three Fronts
Trouble is brewing in South Africa’s Government of National Unity after Cyril Ramaphosa said he would apply his mind to a request from the DA to reshuffle its Cabinet members, uncorroborated and as yet unsubstantiated allegations were levelled at a DA Cabinet minister, and the ANC-aligned Speaker of Parliament went against legal advice in deciding that Parliament would not intervene to oppose an interdict Mr Ramaphosa has sought to block the Phala Phala enquiry.

Politics
South Africa Faces Tense Seven-Day Countdown to Anti-Immigration “Shutdown”
With one week to go ahead of the threatened 30 June anti-immigrant shutdown, South Africa faces the prospect of the return to the weeks of sweeping violence that broke out in 2008, 2015, and 2021.
Politics
The Most Popular Politician in South Africa Isn’t a Politician
DA politicians are generally more popular than their ANC counterparts.
Economics & Policy
If Jo’burg Were Its Own Country It Would be Third-Richest Country in Africa
Johannesburg’s success is vital to South Africa’s success.
Columns
Dispatch from Washington
Richard Tren writes on the view from Washington on the latest global developments.
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