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With its roots in the country’s post-apartheid era, broad-based BEE has been a flashpoint of debate, hailed by some as a vital tool for economic transformation and denounced by others as a flawed instrument of racial preference.

What various coalition scenarios could mean for broad-based BEE

As the political horse trading begins, the fate of the controversial policy is uncertain

There are growing calls for regulation of the cryptocurrency market

Government-controlled cryptocurrencies could lead to a dystopian future

A government could program its cryptocurrency with whatever features it deems necessary. It would allow states to control what money should be spent on, where it could be spent,…

EFF leader Julius Malema. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

EFF produces ambitious manifesto, promising land redistribution

The EFF has made bold promises to root out corruption in ailing municipalities and redistribute land to the poor ahead of this year’s local government elections.

(John McCann/M&G)

The economy is the engine of reconciliation, and B-BBEE is the engine of transformation

The advent of democracy in 1994 merely created the conditions for transformation to begin

Jacob Zuma may be gone

Private interests bedevil ANC’s ‘new dawn’

Social justice must be Cyril Ramaphosa’s focus, resisting the corrupting influence of big business

Employees line up for roll call at a factory in Shanghai

The old ways have not worked for us

Africa needs to find new strategies to achieve ‘economic freedom’ and ‘decolonisation’.

Graphic: John McCann

​16 Days will be followed by positive action

The prevention of gender-based violence must become the starting point and not an afterthought.

Long Walk to Freedom is still popular.

Election craze: Top five politically related products online

From EFF berets to ballot papers from the 1994 elections, here are online store Gumtree.co.za’s top items being bought ahead of the polls.

When everyone has the same opportunities South Africa will become post-racial.

Khaya Dlanga: Is a post-racial South Africa possible?

Tension between the different races will always be an issue if we don’t address the economic challenges we face in our country, says Khaya Dlanga.

The Mahlabatini Declaration forty years on

The ideals of the Mahlabatini Declaration of Faith were integrated into the Constitution, but many are still waiting for their practical fulfillment.

SA must build economic democracy

Sharing the South Africa’s wealth more equally will ameliorate the growing discontent on the mines, writes David Le Page.

‘We should be doing a lot more to get Africa to develop itself.’ (AFP)

Transparency will help Africa help itself

Many say that the vast earnings of many African countries from oil, gas and mining show that the focus on aid to Africa is misguided.

Malema: The ANC should fear a man with nothing to lose

If he launches a party, Julius Malema might not win at the next elections but he still is dangerous for the ANC. Khaya Dlanga explains why.

Julius Malema launches party political platform

Despite legal and financial woes, former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema looks set to re-enter politics.

Before its civil war

Reality check on hype is needed

All the gushing about growth largely ignores the continent’s political risks and challenges, says Dianna Games.

Former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema.

ANCYL: Malema’s ‘bloodcurdling’ remarks not worthy of a leader

The ANC Youth League has lashed out at expelled president Julius Malema for calling the league’s deputy president Ronald Lamola a "traitor".

Sitting still: The report called for disciplinary action to be taken against the director of the Commission for Conciliation

We need a new social contract to bridge divisions of labour and living

The Marikana case is a major indicator of the challenge facing South Africa in the area of socioeconomic rights.

Workers at Goldfields’s KDC mine have been on strike since Sunday.

Malema: ‘You must intensify the struggle’

Julius Malema visited striking workers at the Westonaria Goldfields mine. He lambasted the ANC and told the workers to fight. Watch the video.

Western Cape Premier Helen Zille.

DA unveils its single economic plan

Unlike the ANC, the Democratic Alliance’s jobs and growth plan is a unified vision offered with one voice, writes Lynley Donnelly.

Malema’s great ideological irony

Malema’s great ideological irony

Economic freedom implies unconstrained markets and less state intervention, not more.