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Thoughts on a man called JP
By PHAKAMISA MAYABA The answer Janco Piek gave when I broached the idea for this article was exactly...
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Breytenbach: The voice that will ring beyond the grave
By PHAKAMISA MAYABA As the posts flooded my timeline in the wake of Breyten Breytenbach’s passing last...
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For Madiba, it was human rights first
PHAKAMISA MAYABA /As the International Criminal Court (ICC) threw down the gauntlet in The Hague last...
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Thoughts on a man called Mr Oz
By PHAKAMISA MAYABA Not quite singing for my supper, only that sometimes the heroes also happen to be...
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The Donald, The Last Hope and The Buffalo
BY  PHAKAMISA MAYABA Who would’ve thought that even in the beer-addled, boisterous haunt that is a certain...
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If Brother Enigma can do it, why not our youngsters in the Karoo?
By PHAKAMISA MAYABA SOUTH AFRICAN social media have lost it. Clean off its collective rocker. Not because...
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It’s not the foreigners, it’s the government
By PHAKAMISA MAYABA EARLIER this month, residents of Naledi in Soweto resorted to shutting down – and...
A book that inspires more stories
By PHAKAMISA MAYABA JUST WHEN you figure you’re mildly au fait with these matters, along comes a book...
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Bromance and business: Is Elon Musk finally coming home?
By PHAKAMISA MAYABA WHILE RUBBING shoulders with the US business elite ahead of the 79th session of the...
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100 days of the GNU, and the EFF is sweating
PHAKAMISA MAYABA / Nearly two months since Floyd Shivambu’s departure from the Economic Freedom Fighters ...