South Africa’s Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s several alleged extramarital affairs have been used as a tactic to question his integrity as the leadership battle in the governing ANC intensifies. Dirk Kotze says this is not the first time that prominent ANC members have been targeted.
There’s sensitivity in South Africa about cultural appropriation; understandable in the context of a history of highly exploitative music industry relationships. But as Gwen Ansell writes, a new project celebrating the legendary free jazz group, the Blue Notes, is making sure that there is proper attribution.
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South Africa’s Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says his emails were hacked.
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Dirk Kotze, University of South Africa
Accusations against South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa appear to be an example of the tried-and-tested trick to discredit him and his political campaign to become the next president.
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Arts + Culture
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Gwen Ansell, University of Pretoria
When they arrived in Europe in the early 1960s, South African jazz outfit the Blue Notes revolutionised the London scene. Half a century later, their music is coming home in several new projects.
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Business + Economy
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Seán Mfundza Muller, University of Johannesburg
There is no good case for bailing out South African Airways, it's simply a matter of avoiding a potentially catastrophic debt default.
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Enviroment + Energy
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Susana Clusella-Trullas, Stellenbosch University; Raquel A Garcia, Stellenbosch University
Invasive plants have an impact on native species and unless these factors are properly understood, it is difficult to predict what sort of impact invasive plants will have.
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