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Ferial Haffajee

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Ferial Haffajee

    R182m NHI spin deal is a warning of what’s to come (opens the original)

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    If R182m meant for an already buckling health system can be poured into PR with so few checks, imagine the risks when the NHI becomes the country’s single, centralised purchaser of healthcare. As with so much else, the public health system would be kaput without Gift of the Givers. A cursory scroll of social media this week showed Dr Arthur Manning of the Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital in Coronationville thanking Gift of the Givers for an MRI scanning machine. The organisation also earli

  2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Ferial Haffajee

    Women in the dark — how broken cities make us unsafe (opens the original)

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    From Johannesburg’s darkened highways to the unlit streets of Ekurhuleni, we found a landscape of broken streetlights, long grass and abandoned public spaces. But there is a way to turn the lights back on – and make the city safer for women. Another murdered woman, another wave of fury sweeping across the nation. This time Ekurhuleni and the wider East Rand are the killing fields. Because she is the only victim – out of eight in the past two months – publicly identified so far, the mom,

  3. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Ferial Haffajee

    ANC list fight reveals rise of federal power blocs (opens the original)

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    The candidate list crisis is exposing an ANC increasingly divided into powerful provincial and regional blocs willing to defy the party centre – while the revolt may also be an early proxy battle over Fikile Mbalula’s presidential ambitions. Facing a loss of up to 1,400 candidates in the 4 November local elections, ANC power brokers in provinces and regions have scuppered reform candidates supported by the party’s national leaders. This has led to the list fight where the party failed to r

  4. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Ferial Haffajee

    Manifesto Test: UDM’s promise to maintain, maintain, maintain! (opens the original)

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    The UDM manifesto promises that democracy should be a lived process, not only an election event. The UDM is led by seasoned politician General Bantu Holomisa and has 51 councillors, mostly in the Eastern Cape, with some metropolitan seats in Gauteng. The party manifesto is also seasoned – it knows what’s not working: “Municipal collapse is usually not sudden. It is the result of years of poor planning, weak administration, bad appointments, irregular procurement, unpaid creditors, broken b

  5. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Ferial Haffajee

    ANC and DA in Dead Heat Across Key Metros as MK Dominates eThekwini (opens the original)

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    The latest Ipsos poll reveals a fierce, neck-and-neck battle between the ANC and DA in major South African metros, with the political capital of Tshwane tilting toward the DA at 31%. While the ANC leads narrowly in Johannesburg at 31% to the DA’s 27%, Jacob Zuma’s MK Party is set for a massive surge in eThekwini with 55% support. With local elections on 4 November, pollsters note that final outcomes will heavily depend on voter turnout strategies across the contested provinces. The latest Ip

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