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OPINION | Tembeka Ngcukaitobi’s keynote address ignores some facts

By Jeff Rudin I would go further than Mail & Guardian’s editor-in-chief, Ron Derby. He invited recipients of M&G Mornings (26 June) to read what he described as Tembeka Ngcukaitobi’s “honest dissertation of the South African story”.  More than being “honest”,

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WATER-RELATED HEALTH CRISES OP-ED (PART TWO): Cholera — examining the horrific consequences of government’s own contaminated policy choices

By Jeff Rudin | Daily Maverick | 27 Jun 2023  Understanding the background to the neoliberal political economy that underpins government policy choices is a starting point for addressing the changes needed to reduce the excesses of our country’s poverty, unemployment

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Op-Ed: Mozambican government’s legitimacy crisis reinforces authoritarianism

By Boaventura Monjane and Teresa Amal | Daily Maverick | 11 Jan 2023  The current crisis in Mozambique is due mainly to the inability of the state and the government to respond to the primary concerns of the Mozambican people. These include

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AoU/Cry of the Xcluded to host a two-day People’s Summit!

The Assembly of the Unemployed / Cry of the Xcluded is hosting a two-day National convergence for the implementation of a Basic Income Grant and putting an end to budget cuts ahead of the National Budget Day. It is becoming

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US Support for TRIPS Waiver: Good, But Not Good Enough

US Support for TRIPS Waiver: Good, But Not Good Enough  Peoples Vaccine Campaign | Statement | 07 May, 2021 The Peoples Vaccine Campaign [PVC] of South Africa welcomes the US government’s support for a waiver of provisions of the World Trade Organisation’s

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