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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

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

EUSTACE DAVIE: Drop the double speak on economic freedom

The African National Congress Youth League’s hijacking of the term ‘economic freedom’ and twisting it to mean the very opposite of what it actually means is no insignificant feat

JOHN-KANE BERMAN: Flood of corruption reports is actually an encouraging sign

There must be a growing number of state employees who are horrified that ‘cry the beloved country’ has become ‘loot the beloved country’

DUNCAN CLARKE: Davos Man meets Homo africanus in Addis Ababa

Davos reincarnated this week in Addis Ababa sees the assembled multitudes seeking to understand the complicated and evolving economics of Homo africanus

GRAEME BLOCH: Start with improving education in your backyard

What is controversial is that a modern democracy like ours, is failing our young people so dismally, and so thoroughly

MZUKISI QOBO: ANC must rid itself of last vestiges of Mbeki era

The seeds of disintegration of public leadership and the frightening shadow of insecurity that is cast upon the nation were sown in Thabo Mbeki’s era. President Jacob Zuma merely picked up where his predecessor left off.

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

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

IVOR ICHIKOWITZ: Home-grown hi-tech aircraft an example of can-do spirit

We have a tendency to underplay our skills, and let other countries grow in spaces where we should challenge them

GAVIN KEETON: New World Bank chief is committed to the poor

Jim Yong Kim spent his career in healthcare in developing countries. His commitment to the poor cannot be doubted.

AUBREY MATSHIQI: New racism erases sins of apartheid with ANC’s

One of the problems of our postapartheid reality is the attempt to construct a nonracial society on the basis of lies and the manipulation or distortion of truths about the relationship between our past, the present and the future

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

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