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Zama Ndlovu

Zamandlovu Ndlovu is a social activist and the author of A Bad Black's Manifesto, as well as a columnist and communicator.

From hero to villain: Sam Bankman-Fried (above), founder and chief executive of the FTX crypto exchange. Computers (below) used for bitcoin ‘mining’ at the the home of bitcoin ‘miner’ Eugen Mutai in Nairobi, Kenya.

FTX is another example of the continuing failure of financial regulation

Payments into crypto exchanges are not protected as deposits are when paid into a regular bank

Dis-Chem debacle: Is transformation in SA regressing?

The row over Dis-Chem’s letter placing a freeze on hiring white employees raises pertinent issues

Ramaphosa in
 Jagersfontein making Promises. Photo: Supplied

President’s Eskom promises – like his others – are mere platitudes

Ramaphosa’s Eskom promises are meaningless, because our weakened state institutions are unable to respond to entrenched corruption, no matter how often our leader rushes home to…

South Africans are familiar with institutional decay dressed in public-sector clothing but many of us ignore the harm it can do to our prosperity.

Wirecard: When a few wealthy men put entire societies at risk

South Africans are familiar with institutional decay dressed in public-sector clothing but many of us ignore the harm it can do to our prosperity

Freedom to express fundamental rights versus administrative action by the South African Revenue Service exposes a fundamental link to communal interests and justice in a constitutional democracy. (Oupa Nkosi)

Sars, compliance and the lost opportunity to build trust

Sars, compliance and the lost opportunity to build trust

The bad lessons from Johnny Depp and Amber Heard for victims of abuse

When women are condemned for speaking out against abuse by men, other victims won’t name their abusers, fearing the same treatment

We may not have suffered the coups prevalent in West Africa, but the ANC’s hostility to reform is concerning for our democracy (John McCann)

Zandile Gumede fiasco shows South Africa is not above political turmoil

We may not have suffered the coups prevalent in West Africa, but the ANC’s hostility to reform is concerning for our democracy

South Africa promotes the African Continental Free Trade Area — yet its immigration and labour legislation is becoming increasingly anti-African. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP)

Poverty and policy drives xenophobia in South Africa

South Africa promotes the African Continental Free Trade Area — yet its immigration and labour legislation is becoming increasingly anti-African

South Africa’s macroeconomic policies have not worked, yet President Cyril Ramaphosa was mute on viable alternatives at the State of the Nation address. (Jairus Mmutle/GCIS)

The ANC fails to define its own economic policy

Its position has shifted from social democracy to neoliberalism over two decades. But what is it now?

People take part in a Trans freedom march for victims of transphobic hatred , on November 20, 2021 in Rome, Italy. Transgender Day of Remembrance (Tdor) is the global day of remembrance for victims of hate and violence against transgender people.  (Photo by Simona Granati – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

Fighting for inclusion can never be fascism, Drew Forrest!

The M&G has a responsibility to deplatform dehumanising views, to advocate for free speech but not allow hate speech

South Africa’s democracy is dead: May it be reborn soon

The current system has failed to serve the poor and entrenched conservatism while suppressing debate

In a forgiving mood: President Cyril Ramaphosa’s (left) emphasis of the good former health minister Zweli Mkhize (right) has done betrays a level of tolerance for unethical behaviour that is endemic in the ANC. (Kopano Tlape)

Ramaphosa’s unbalanced assessment of Zweli Mkhize ‘an insult’

Desperate to claw back the public’s trust, the president missteped and betrayed his own weak understanding of ethics and the meaning of leadership

Zama Ndlovu: Lessons from China to the ANC — No one policy can be correct indefinitely

China’s decision on edtech firms demonstrates a desire to achieve equity even at the expense of profits, and there are lessons for South Africa

(John McCann/M&G)

We women of 2021 need a new charter

Rita Ndzanga demonstrated that ordinary people together can do extraordinary things. It’s our turn now

Some of my best friends are white and – they still don’t have a clue

Some of my best friends are white and – they still don’t have a clue

I so wish I could find some way to show my white friends the world I live in, where I wake up daily to fight my way out of ”earning” my place.

Some of my very best friends are white …

… and they still don’t have a clue, writes Zama Ndlovu, who sees herself as black middle class but is still struggling to prove her worth.

An agnostic finds her spiritual side

Small rituals offer Zama Ndlovu a sense of completeness and keep the seat warm for God, should he ever show up.