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Dumi Magadlela
The best way to snap out of a World Cup hangover is to take a good look at the financial ruins visited upon the so-called advanced economies and then take a look at our solid grounding, which has helped us survive the worst of the global financial cr... |
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Views: 469 | 8 Comments » | posted on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 | Tags: pessimism, World Cup, xenophobia, Zapiro
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Dumi Magadlela
One of the many definitions of paradigm is that it is "a pattern or model, or an exemplar". Another says that it is a "thought pattern" or a way of looking at or relating to things. With the World Cup having come and gone, this is a great opportunity... |
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Views: 293 | 5 Comments » | posted on Monday, July 26th, 2010 | Tags: Cheryl Carolus, China, patriotic, perception, prosperity, stereotype, World Cup
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Janice Winter
I'm not so sure we do.As South Africans we're great at asserting our unity as "a people", by quoting Tutu, Mandela and even Mbeki (though not Zuma -- not yet, anyway) about rainbows or renaissances, and we're especially good at performing our proudl... |
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Views: 1060 | 17 Comments » | posted on Monday, July 26th, 2010 | Tags: 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup, diversity, nation building, Thought Leader, xenophobia
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Jeremiah Kure
One of my failings as an optimist is that I have a disproportionate amount of faith in the goodness of people, not least those who are entrusted to lead others. Having spent just slightly over three decades in this world, I realise that I am slowly l... |
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Views: 499 | 11 Comments » | posted on Sunday, July 25th, 2010 | Tags: corruption, crime, government s capacity, legacy, poverty, social grants, World Cup, xenophobia
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Reader Blog
By Jazmin Acuna and Kindiza Ngubeni
Violence in society is like a crack in a mirror. The crack distorts the image of us, and we become ambiguous. Un-unified. Like the mirror's crack, violence destroys the fabric that unites people, thus eliminatin... |
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Views: 1264 | 8 Comments » | posted on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 | Tags: xenophobia, Zimbabwe
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Tinyiko Sam Maluleke
There is no strange car with tinted windows tailing my red Toyota. No tall and burly mafioso tracking my movements. My telephone has not been bugged (I hope). None of my three dogs have been slain and hung by my gate. No one, save my few friends and ... |
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Views: 1798 | 32 Comments » | posted on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 | Tags: Jacob Dlamini, Mozambique, Shangaan, Soweto, xenophobia
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Michael Trapido
The South African government is faced with a major dilemma in the way that it approaches claims of xenophobia in South Africa. On the one hand they cannot be seen to be hysterical as this would only fan the flames created by panic merchants and those... |
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Views: 1044 | 18 Comments » | posted on Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 | Tags: Alexandra, corruption, criminals, foreigners, housing, Human Sciences Research Council, Kya Sands, Mbeki, xenophobia
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Mike Baillie
On Sunday my girlfriend and I were racing back to Cape Town, hoping to make it in time to watch the final at the Grand Parade. Unfortunately our car broke down about an hour away, and we only made it back to town well after the fan park was closed.
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Views: 1176 | 26 Comments » | posted on Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 | Tags: accountability, angry, Cape Town, foreigners, government, scapegoat, unemployment, xenophobia, xenophobic violence
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Siyabonga Ntshingila
The government this week sought to dismiss fears of a looming outbreak in xenophobia.
There has been talk since about just before the World Cup that there were rising tensions in squatter communities where large numbers of illegal immigrants live.... |
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Views: 2424 | 61 Comments » | posted on Sunday, July 11th, 2010 | Tags: domestic violence, hijacking, hysteria, Jacob Zuma, media, World Cup, xenophobia
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