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New world hero: The successful conclusion of the G20 in Johannesburg has catapulted President Cyril Ramaphosa to global leadership status. Photo GCIS

South Africa’s G20 coup de grâce

By the summit’s end, Ramaphosa emerged with an elevated global profile

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
Bawowethu Jonas: ‘Education is expensive. Education now is like buying water, buying bread and buying eggs’

30 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY: Thirty and thriving, or barely surviving?

Tracking the progress of South Africa’s 30-year-olds as they navigate education, work, anxiety and hope

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
Full of hope: People queue to vote in South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994. Photo: Brooks Kraft/Getty Images

30 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY: Older voters disillusioned after excitement of 1994 poll

Many of them feel that the promises made at the dawn of democracy have not been met

  • Eyaaz
8 min read