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John Matisonn

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

South Africa, Op-eds

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, Op-eds

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, Maverick News

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, World, Maverick News

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, Maverick News

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, Op-eds

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, South Africa, World

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, South Africa, Maverick News, Op-eds

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, Op-eds

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, Maverick News, Op-eds

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, Maverick News

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, Maverick Citizen, Maverick News

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

by: John Matisonn and Peta Thornycroft