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Non-starter: The Greater Lanseria Master Plan in 2020 outlined a city that intended to house between 350 000 and 500 000 people. Yet there is not much to show other than large areas of open land and growing informal settlements. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Taking stock of Ramaphosa’s promises

The Lanseria smart city remains a dream and hunger, unemployment and crime continue to be high but there has been progress in Eskom’s turnaround

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
Freedom is not something attained in 1994, it is road we are still building.

Freedom Day in a fractured nation: Who are we becoming?

Freedom is not about slogans or votes, it is something we must make together by our actions, in a country inured to violence and a world where self-interest rules.

4 min read
Civil servants are meant to serve. If they don’t, civilians need to stand up for their rights.

Don’t vilify good cops in South Africa’s desperate fight against crime

Proactively intercepting violent criminals prevents the killing of the innocent

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read