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The South African government often turns a blind eye to its marginalised communities, and instead of alleviating the situation, there has been widespread corruption and misappropriation of funds, write Thelma Nyarhi Nontando and Paul Kariuki.

The Zondo Commission into state capture made it quite clear that corruption played a large role in the current situation South Africa finds itself in. It is surprising, then that people buy into the rhetoric around African foreign nationals being responsible for the woes of poverty, unemployment and related ills, writes Tseliso Thipanyane.

Students want to be heard and universities need peaceful protests. The University of Free State began discussions on how to bridge the divide

While Operation Dudula is becoming a threat to the veneer of “business as usual” and to the lives of non-nationals, there are seeds of potential cast among the operation’s challenges.