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Give me tough action over tough words any day!

10 October 2008

So the ruling party elite are going to get tough on crime. That’s the message we’re getting from the new incumbents to some of the country’s most powerful positions. The placeholder president, the minister for safety and security, the incoming premier of

You cannot build sensible policy on slush!

26 September 2008

Once upon a time there was a poor Irish potato farmer named Paddy. He was a religious man who yearned for better financial times. Each night he ended his prayers with an impassioned plea: “Dear Lord, if it pleases you, allow me to win the Lottery!” Alas d

Can government flip 25 million hectares in six years?

12 September 2008

One of the most sensitive issues in modern-day South Africa is that of land. We’ve had to find ways to address the legacy of the Apartheid government’s separate development policy, which saw sections of the population forcibly removed and re-settled. And

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire!

29 August 2008

The media is constantly in the firing line for publishing ‘sensation seeking’ stories that are factually incorrect. They should be – because making sure of the facts is one of the cornerstones of ethical journalism. In a perfect society where everything i

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