An aerial view of a township and wealthy suburb in South Africa.
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Inequality is bad for politics, the economy, society and climate change.
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Students preferred using WhatsApp at some cost over another platform that didn’t require data.
Corruption involving contracts for personal protective equipment during the COVID pandemic in South Africa has been uncovered.
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A policy intended to help the majority of South Africans improve their lives has instead been abused to benefit only a few.
Four people died in the latest violence and looting to hit shops owned by foreign nationals in Soweto, Johannesburg.
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Framing xenophobic violence as a question of immigrant victimisation invites divisions between neighbours.
South Africa’s Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba has been forthright in recognising the crises facing the country.
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South Africa’s finance minister was honest about the problems facing the country. But he made no real suggestions that the government will start doing things differently.