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DOUGLAS GIBSON: How Zuma can vault into the same league as Mandela
	President Jacob Zuma must say he has decided that he has not had a fair crack at governing the country properly for the first two years of his term and that he intends doing whatever he can over the final two years of his presidency to put SA on a new path

STEPHEN GROOTES: DA’s gains from march are worth the bruises

For the DA, there were three main goals it wanted to achieve with the march. The fact that it was able to paint Cosatu as antidemocratic came as a bonus

NOURIEL ROUBINI: Damage from Greek euro exit can be contained

The Greek euro tragedy is reaching its final act: it is clear that either this year or next, Greece is highly likely to default on its debt and exit the euro zone.

BONITA MEYERSFELD: New pension fund rules deserve to be applauded

The prophecy of increased costs to pensioners is, I regret to say, an excuse for investors simply to charge more for doing the job they are supposed to do

ANTHONY BUTLER: KwaZulu support may come back to haunt Zuma

President Jacob Zuma’s greatest fear must be that his early successes might yet weaken his longer-term prospects.

MAMPHELA RAMPHELE AND ZOHRA DAWOOD: Crisis in choosing judges needs active citizenship

There is a growing problem in our judicial appointment process. It deserves urgent attention before it grows into a full-blown crisis.

TIM COHEN: Surveys help to explain trauma in the ANC

Two important surveys have been published this week, both of which had interesting twists for reasons that are hard to explain

MORNE OLIVIER: JSC is caught between a rock and a hard place

One would hope that the JSC process is not merely a formality to rubber-stamp a predetermined choice of the powers that be

SONGEZO ZIBI: Time to rescue BEE from its damaging victim mentality

Black businesses have not been successful with more resources where expatriates succeed without assistance’

GIDEON RACHMAN: Obama’s greatest failure is in foreign policy

President Barack Obama ran as the anti-George Bush candidate. So it is ironic that his signature achievement overseas — the killing of Osama bin Laden — is one Bush would have been proud of.

DAVE MARRS: Minister’s press club complaint is a red herring

It’s a clear case of a politician under pressure to justify dubious executive decisions and looking for an excuse to avoid further embarrassment

AUBREY MATSHIQI: Reaction to Zuma ‘art’ exposes our differences

One of the truths that it may not have intended to communicate is the centrality of the penis as a symbol of power in our society.

DIANNA GAMES: The light and shade of Ethiopia’s nondemocratic success story

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is clearly banking on the fact that they will, as long as he can create jobs at a fast enough rate to dilute this potential threat to his political survival

MZUKISI QOBO: Is the G-8 still relevant in the global economy?

While the G-8’s visibility in global affairs has waned in recent years, it remains a powerful actor and continues to command influence in key areas

DAWN NAGAR: Defence policy ignores regional security

How can the South African National Defence Force make a progressive contribution to national security and strengthen its role in regional and continental peacekeeping?

RONAK GOPALDAS: Deal with the threat before it spreads through Africa

A cocktail of poverty, corruption and political alienation has contributed to the spread of terrorism in Africa

IVAN TUROK: Urban growth can drive Africa’s resurgence

Critical decisions taken over the next few years on where and what types of infrastructure are pursued will lock in particular growth paths for decades to come.

CAROL PATON: Cosatu finds a way through the tricky political minefield

Cosatu’s stance on the ANC is neatly summed up as neither purely oppositional nor uncritically supportive

STEVEN FRIEDMAN: We must free ourselves from our mental shackles

The reaction to FW de Klerk’s comments on Bantustans and the uproar about racism in social media highlight the degree to which our society is still divided

ANTHONY BUTLER: Rulers must not lose sight of quality of state spend

Jacob Zuma’s government may soon confront a crisis of fiscal policy credibility

NICOLE FRITZ : We are the best hope for torture victims in Zimbabwe

No credible argument has or can be made that offering South Africans a criminal justice system of excellence must come at the expense of our international obligations and the grace we might extend our neighbours in distress

STEPHEN GROOTES: HIV status of the dead can protect the living

The discussion should not just be about the rights of an individual — it should also be about what is best for society and how to prevent more infections

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