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John Matisonn

SA has dodged a bullet — but with hard lessons for nice-guy opposition parties

South Africa

SA has dodged a bullet — but with hard lessons for nice-guy opposition parties

By John Matisonn

Wild card in the election pack — IFP emerges as a potential kingmaker in key areas

Maverick News

Wild card in the election pack — IFP emerges as a potential kingmaker in key areas

By John Matisonn

Part 8: Getting the economy right – SA has plenty of blue-sky thinking, but experts are ignored

South Africa

Part 8: Getting the economy right – SA has plenty of blue-sky thinking, but experts are ignored

By John Matisonn

Part 7: It’s the new scramble for Africa’s resources, and South Africa is messing up – badly

South Africa

Part 7: It’s the new scramble for Africa’s resources, and South Africa is messing up – badly

By John Matisonn

Part 6: Electricity and the green economy – a once-in-a-century opportunity

South Africa

Part 6: Electricity and the green economy – a once-in-a-century opportunity

By John Matisonn

Part 5: Foreign policy after the BRICS Summit and Ukraine – making South Africa strong again

Maverick News

Part 5: Foreign policy after the BRICS Summit and Ukraine – making South Africa strong again

By John Matisonn

Part 2: The SANDF – Let’s sell off most of the stuff from the arms deal; nobody uses it anyway

Africa

Part 2: The SANDF – Let’s sell off most of the stuff from the arms deal; nobody uses it anyway

By John Matisonn

Part 4: Police and security — moving away from elite pampering to actually fighting crime

Politics

Part 4: Police and security — moving away from elite pampering to actually fighting crime

By John Matisonn

Part 3: ‘There is no education system that can be better than the quality of its teachers’

Maverick News

Part 3: ‘There is no education system that can be better than the quality of its teachers’

By John Matisonn

Part 1: Join the other dots… and let’s all work together to get it right this time

Politics

Part 1: Join the other dots… and let’s all work together to get it right this time

By John Matisonn

South Africa’s elite handsomely benefit from land reform too

Africa

South Africa’s elite handsomely benefit from land reform too

By John Matisonn

Zimbabwe’s land grabs made Robert Mugabe the country’s biggest landowner

Africa

Zimbabwe’s land grabs made Robert Mugabe the country’s biggest landowner

By John Matisonn and Peta Thornycroft