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Christopher Rutledge

Christopher Rutledge

By Christopher Rutledge

Mining communities push for constitutional justice as Parliament delays accountability

12 August 2026

Christopher Rutledge

By Christopher Rutledge

Xenophobic unrest — you cannot condemn the fire after you lit the match

2 July 2026

Christopher Rutledge

By Christopher Rutledge

The architecture of amplification — how SA news media manufactures public figures

14 June 2026

Christopher Rutledge

By Christopher Rutledge

ConCourt’s SAHRC ruling a dangerous retreat from meaningful human rights enforcement

1 May 2026

Christopher Rutledge

By Christopher Rutledge

Crime, chrome and the question the Madlanga Commission must still answer

11 March 2026

Christopher Rutledge

By Christopher Rutledge

Budget 2026 and the inequality question we still avoid

26 February 2026

Christopher Rutledge

By Christopher Rutledge

Cape Town’s Mining Indaba hypes investment while many bear the cost

9 February 2026

Christopher Rutledge

By Christopher Rutledge

The forgotten miners and media's silence on state complicity in Stilfontein tragedy

15 October 2025

Christopher Rutledge

By Christopher Rutledge

Stilfontein mass killing lays bare the duplicitous makeup of SA’s ethical foundation

10 April 2025

Christopher Rutledge

By Christopher Rutledge

Minerals and Energy minister Gwede Mantashe is paving a path to the next Marikana Massacre

16 August 2024