"Mpumelelo Mkhabela" tag
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Insight: Once a role model to all SA’s status slides away

IN 2003 I had the privilege of observing a great story unfold on the African continent.

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Insight: Prejudice blot on progress

MANY excuses have emerged in the aftermath of the death of Mido Macia, the Mozambican taxi driver who died in a cell after being handcuffed and dragged for 400m behind a van by police officers.

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Insight: Failure to consult on public spending dangerous in SA

I WAS criticised last week for the cliffhanger in my column about how the price of sorghum beer is democratically decided in my village.

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Price fixing, cartels and other features of village politics

A FEW years ago fellow villagers and I were summoned to a community meeting by the headman of Ngwenyeni village, near Komatipoort. 

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Insight: Political leaders must wise up to global trends

THE crisis of job losses in the mining sector has inadvertently laid bare a bigger problem in the country. 

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