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SOUTH AFRICAN President Jacob Zuma acknowledged yesterday that his country and the governing ANC face problems.
In his opening speech to the party’s policy conference in Johannesburg, Mr Zuma said the country was in a “difficult period economically,” having entered a “technical recession.”
He pledged to “reignite growth” through the series of five-year national development plans.
ROGER McKENZIE looks at how ancient traditions practiced today can be the cornerstone of anti-imperialism in Africa
We are experiencing a wave of organised, often deadly violence targeting migrants from other parts of Africa — but the poorest South Africans reject this hatred, staying true to the spirit of Ubuntu and Pan-African unity, reports NIGEL BRANKEN
The shared path of the South African Communist Party and the ANC to the ballot box has found itself at a junction. SABINA PRICE reports
The charter emerged from a profoundly democratic process where people across South Africa answered ‘What kind of country do we want?’ — but imperial backlash and neoliberal compromise deferred its deepest transformations, argues RONNIE KASRILS