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A man accused of being a gangster and involved in a triple murder in Cape Town said he kicked the daughter of one of the survivors off the roof of a house, but only because the mother had asked him to get her down.

Last night’s State of the Nation Address contained one of the longest ‘shopping lists’ of economicmeasures that we have heard for some time from a President. In one way this is fitting, since thesolutions to so many of the problems that beset our nation – poverty, inequality, unemployment,underdevelopment, and general socio-economic want – depend in large part on a revitalisation of theeconomy.

The Inevitable Killing of Mthokozisi Ntumba by Adv Mike Pothier Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by 0.42 MB Sponsored by It would not be fair to say that the South African Police Service is out of contr...

Fani Mahuntsi, Gallo Images What came out at the Zondo commission regarding the activities of the State Security Agency bears a close resemblance to what happened under the apartheid government, writes Mike Pothier. When thinking about the fall of any dictatorship, one should have no illusions that the whole system comes to an end like a bad dream with that fall. [I]ts psychological and social results live on for years, and even survive in the form of subconsciously continued behaviour. In suc...