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A Congolese man holds a banner during a demonstration against xenophobia in Johannesburg, on March 26, 2022 organized by the activist movement against xenophobic attacks Kopanang Africa. Kopanang is a Sotho words meaning “gathering together”. – In recent weeks, scores of protesters in South Africa have been staging demonstrations against undocumented migrants in what they have dubbed “Operation Dudula”, Zulu for “drive back” whose leader Nhlanhla ìLuxî Dlamini was arrested on Thursday according to the police. (Photo by LUCA SOLA / AFP)
AARON MOTSOALEDI

How do vigilante groups like Dudula come into being?

The state’s failure to act as a source of moral or political authority creates a vacuum that ‘seductive’ populist movements are happy to fill

  • Lyse Comins
7 min read
As a business SAA stands a good chance to ‘return to its former glory’
CARIN SMITH

R100 000 bet on SAA’s future

The national airways chief executive has taken up a challenge proposed by the Free Market Foundation

  • Carin Smith
2 min read
FREE MARKET FOUNDATION

No sweet deal

The sugar price is the highest it’s been for 28 years and it could continue to rise, writes Lynley Donnelly

  • Lynley Donnelly
6 min read
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

SA 60th in economic-freedom rankings

South Africa has been placed 60th in the latest international economic-freedom rankings, down six places on last year and 24 since 2004, the Free Market Foundation of Southern…

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read