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Rhetoric

Between white lies and true intentions: Unpacking what global leaders say about Africa

GEOPOLITICS OP-ED

Between white lies and true intentions: Unpacking what global leaders say about Africa

By Terence McNamee and Moky Makura

Double-speak: How the fudginess and deflection of SA’s political language damages democracy

ANALYSIS

Double-speak: How the fudginess and deflection of SA’s political language damages democracy

By Marianne Merten

US: And a Little Child Shall Lead Them

World

US: And a Little Child Shall Lead Them

By J Brooks Spector

The fallibility of critique: A response to Ivo Vegter

Maverick Life

The fallibility of critique: A response to Ivo Vegter

By A Egan & G Tungay

Of the power of speech and dictators who lost it

Africa

Of the power of speech and dictators who lost it

By Richard Poplak