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Failed state

More than half of Gauteng people say South Africa is a failed state: survey

Business Maverick

More than half of Gauteng people say South Africa is a failed state: survey

By Ferial Haffajee

Anti-graft summit — ‘Intensity of fighting apartheid must be harnessed to fight scourge of SA corruption’

South Africa

Anti-graft summit — ‘Intensity of fighting apartheid must be harnessed to fight scourge of SA corruption’

By Nonkululeko Njilo

South Africa risks becoming a failed state, warn business leaders

Business Maverick

South Africa risks becoming a failed state, warn business leaders

By Ray Mahlaka and Neesa Moodley

Things fall apart – between a Buffalo and a hard place

South Africa

Things fall apart – between a Buffalo and a hard place

By Mark Heywood

The state crisis of today goes beyond the future of Ramaphosa and undermines the future of SA

South Africa

The state crisis of today goes beyond the future of Ramaphosa and undermines the future of SA

By Raymond Suttner

Sociologist Karl von Holdt on violence, politics and power - the making and remaking of social orders

South Africa

Sociologist Karl von Holdt on violence, politics and power - the making and remaking of social orders

By Ufrieda Ho

Department of Wishful Thinking – SA’s 10 reasons to invest against the backdrop of a failing state

Business Maverick

Department of Wishful Thinking – SA’s 10 reasons to invest against the backdrop of a failing state

By Ed Stoddard

Rio Tinto lifts force majeure at Richards Bay Minerals

Business Maverick

Rio Tinto lifts force majeure at Richards Bay Minerals

By Ed Stoddard

Banks optimistic on economy despite fears that SA is becoming a failed state

Business Maverick

Banks optimistic on economy despite fears that SA is becoming a failed state

By Ray Mahlaka

Business Confidence Index rises in January marking 'a reasonable start to 2022'

Business Maverick

Business Confidence Index rises in January marking 'a reasonable start to 2022'

By Ed Stoddard

This is what a failed state looks like

South Africa

This is what a failed state looks like

By Richard Poplak

The state fails and factional populism rises as the ANC bickers

Politics

The state fails and factional populism rises as the ANC bickers

By Ferial Haffajee