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Chris Hattingh: "While losing AGOA access is a painful setback, the primary driver of South Africa's economic stagnation remains internal—stemming from failing water, power, and transport infrastructure rather than trade decisions made in Washington."
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Steven Boykey Sidley: "Behind the sensationalist headlines and corporate hype of de-extinction, genetic engineering companies like Colossal Biosciences are developing revolutionary tools that may ultimately become essential for conserving endangered species and repairing a degraded planet."
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Martin van Staden: "True systemic reform in South Africa requires looking beyond the ballot box and embracing "federalisation"—shifting power from a failing central state toward organised communities and commercial enclaves taking charge of their own destiny."
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Thando Nzimande: "The 2026 local government elections are not just a contest of political parties, but a referendum on whether local government can still perform its most basic duty: making everyday life work."
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Zahid Jadwat: "Voting is an exercise of personal agency that allows citizens to choose their representatives and hold power accountable, distinguishing our democracy from dictatorships even amidst the daily decay of municipal governance."
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Jonathan Katzenellenbogen: "For doubters and pragmatists alike, the most effective way to rescue failing municipalities like Johannesburg is to give the DA a decisive, two-ballot mandate, avoiding wasted votes on small parties and keeping the ANC and EFF out of power."
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Talya O'Haher: "Voting day doesn't have to be a dreaded chore—by embracing the queue, bringing along family or neighbors, and turning the experience into a community tradition, we can reclaim the joy of our democracy."
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Gerbrandt van Heerden: "The secret to successful municipal coalitions isn't just about avoiding hung councils—it's about political alignment, as data proves that clean audits consistently follow coalitions anchored by the DA and FF+, while those involving the ANC, EFF, or PA frequently collapse into financial mismanagement."
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Peter Swanepoel: "The appeal of adopting El Salvador’s draconian crackdown to solve South Africa’s staggering violent crime rate founders on a grim reality: entrusting exceptional detention powers to a state that struggles to exercise its existing ones competently invites abuse and erodes the constitutional rights protecting us all."
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Ivo Vegter: "On every measure, your odds of a well-run municipality, adequate service delivery, and balanced budgets are significantly better if you vote DA than if you vote for any other party."
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Talya O'Haher: "Harnessing peer pressure and bringing back social accountability through campaigns like the #PledgeToVote can leverage the power of shame for good, transforming voter turnout from an afterthought into a civic expectation."
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Anlu Keeve: "The right to vote belongs to every adult citizen, but taking that right seriously should involve at least some effort to understand the choice being made—meaning those who vote in blind ignorance or unthinking party loyalty shouldn't vote until they've given it some thought."
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Hermann Pretorius: "For two decades, the ANC has treated its declining electoral support as a public relations problem rather than confronting the reality that its interventionist, race-based policies reject the pro-growth, merit-driven preferences of ordinary South Africans."
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Paul Hoffman: "The Constitution and the rule of law are the supreme law of the Republic—politicians are legally bound by their oaths of office to uphold them, and citizens have the ballot box, Chapter Nine institutions, and the courts to enforce accountability."
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Elnieke Bronkhorst: "Fiscal discipline and market confidence have rewarded South Africa with lower bond yields, yet stubborn economic stagnation, soaring debt service costs, and energy shocks mean those gains have yet to translate into jobs or GDP growth."
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Iqbal Jassat: "The weaponisation of Islamophobia relies on taking existing socio-economic anxieties, injecting fabricated disinformation, and transforming ordinary religious and commercial practices into manufactured threats to national identity."
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Terence Corrigan: "What we are witnessing now is less a revolution than a continuation of South Africa’s post-apartheid political evolution."
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Chris Hattingh: "A state that cannot account for thousands of its own lost or stolen firearms has no standing to disarm law-abiding citizens under the guise of crime control."
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