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The case for racial redress

March 2025: "Racial redress interventions such as land expropriation and redistribution are essential for transforming the country’s persistent racialised inequalities”, argues our colleague Dr Khwezi Mabasa in Mail and Guardian. ...

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VAT hits the poor hardest

Dr Khwezi Mabasa argueing for a more progressive tax system at SABC News.

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Market-led solutions in resolving inequality have failed

Our Head of Economic and Social Policy, Dr Khwezi Mabasa, arguest that the Democratic Alliance´s attack on racial redress undermines inclusive growth.

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Thucydides Trap or Orderly Multipolar World?

It is obvious that we are no longer living in the world of the turn of the century; the most unipolar moment if there ever was one, after the collapse of the Soviet Union...

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South African foreign policy at 30:strengths, challenges, lessons and way forward

Three Decades of South African Foreign Policy: Reflections on successes, challenges and way forward in a dynamic 21st century.

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Racial redress is essential for inclusive development

This year marks 30 years since the country transitioned to a democratic political system, which aims to preserve fundamental rights for all.

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How political parties plan to tackle unemployment

This generation is ahead of its parents in many respects, and armed with this knowledge must ensure SA heads in the right direction

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Gutting of democracy goes beyond corrupt political interests

Some argue that today’s democracies have competing constituencies: markets on the one hand and the people on the other. (By Phindile Kunene)

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