Will elections change accountability focus? Econ Bro There’s a phrase that gets thrown around so easily it almost sounds comforting: hold the government accountable. It…
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Corruption – a feature of government, not a bug By Econ Bro People say Africa’s biggest problem is corruption. The proposed cure is always strangely…
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What will the Phala Phala outcome be?
Phala Phala, games of steal and plunder Author: Vivienne Vermaak ‘Steal and Plunder’ is a satirical South African board game in which players navigate Mzansi’s…
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Vaults of Libertas Farm: restoring the past and respecting the dead
Burial vaults evoke emotions By Nell Harris, owner at Libertas Farm & Katie Smuts, Head of Archaeology at Rennie Scurr Adendorff. Libertas is spectacular at…
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‘Ouderdom is nie vir sissies nie’
Ouderdom Dr Cornelia de Kock “De grote zaal”, ’n roman van Jacoba van Velde wat in 1953 verskyn het en wat in dertien tale vertaal…
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Government to blame for rampant growth in illicit tobacco trade
Illicit cigarettes make up 75% of local SA market Petrus Potgieter The tobacco plant contains nicotine, a natural insecticide that some people enjoy using in…
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Was Kannemeyer nie dalk reg nie? Bloot ‘his masters’s voice’?
Het Kannemeyer maar net sy opdragte uitgevoer? Jannie Gagiano Die amptenaar oor wie die reletjie aan die hand van sy uitsprake oor die wyses waarop aanstellings van amptenare…
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Stellenbosch Social Justice “M-Plan” – misguided economic engineering
M-Plan damaging to dynamic, unrestricted, private enterprise economy Dr Brian Benfield After over thirty years of failed policy initiatives, South Africa’s ongoing struggle with joblessness,…
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Stellenbosch leadership – philosopher kings or guilty miscreants?
Wilgenhof, the owl of Minerva has begun its flight University councils are not unlike the philosopher kings that Plato thought should be installed in morally…
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Klitser is ons nuwe vreeslose rubriek vir Stellenbossers, en ander belanghebbendes, om hul mening onomwonde, onverdoesel, direk, “in jou gesig” en sonder vrees vir verdoemenis…
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Jacob Zuma: Teflon-man se invloed op roomys
‘Hier’s ek weer, hier’s ek weer met my rooi rok voor jou deur…’ Jannie Gagiano Oud-pres. Jacob Zuma spartel partykeer benoud rond in die politieke…
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Iets om aan te kou
Word een se dood die ander se “brood“? Jannie Gagiano ‘n Sendeling en ‘n koloniale amptenaar op soek na kannibale loop ‘n groepie inboorlinge in…
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