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16 May 2016

Protests surge as gap widens between reality and the ‘Africa rising’ narrative

Self-congratulatory rhetoric keeps springing from the lips of World Economic Forum elites at the expense of reality.
25 April 2016

Thabo Mbeki Foundation, Wits join forces

Thabo Mbeki Foundation and Wits University have joined forces to address Africa's biggest challenges.
11 February 2016

The harsh realities about South Africa that the World Bank dare not speak

A great deal of detail about poverty and inequality in South Africa remains unspoken.
14 January 2016

Why South Africa should undo Mandela’s economic deals

Is South Africa finally maturing to the point that the economic - not just political - compromises of the 1990s...

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