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SIBONGAKONKE SHOBA | Ramaphosa’s GBV interventions alone can never be enough (opens the original)
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The public reaction to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the nation came as no surprise. The outrage and frustration directed at the government’s reactive approach to the issue are justified. The gender-based violence (GBV) crisis is not new. Ramaphosa himself reminded South Africans that he stood in the same position to address the nation when the issue dominated headlines seven years ago. A year ago, GBV was classified as a national crisis. There is little to demonstrate meaningful progre
SIBONGAKONKE SHOBA | This election campaign has been underwhelming (opens the original)
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With only five weeks to go before the local government elections, have you decided who you’ll vote for? Do you know who the councillor candidates are in your ward? Will you vote for the same party at the ward level and on the PR ballot, or do you intend to split your vote? I have not met any of the candidates vying to become councillors in my ward. No posters of councillor candidates line my street. I have spotted a few posters of DA mayoral candidate Helen Zille and some bearing ANC president C
SIBONGAKONKE SHOBA | Politicians must not politicise Ekurhuleni tragedy (opens the original)
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For many South Africans, living in this country has become an extreme sport. When loved ones leave their homes, there is no guarantee that they will return safely. Those who remain at home are not safe either. Criminals are emboldened, and there seems to be nowhere to hide from the scourge of crime. It is even worse for women, who are increasingly being targeted in broad daylight. Several videos circulating on social media show scoundrels attacking innocent women in full public view. Criminals a
SIBONGAKONKE SHOBA | Spring Day chaos a mirror of our society (opens the original)
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The Nyathi family in Refilwe, Cullinan, is today mourning the loss of their son, 21-year-old Tshepang. His life was cut short when he and his friends allegedly splashed a 53-year-old man with water during a Spring Day ritual on Tuesday. The man, who was seemingly not a willing participant in the water game, allegedly pulled out a knife and stabbed Tshepang. This was one of many incidents reported in townships across Gauteng as young people celebrated the arrival of spring. Several videos went vi
SIBONGAKONKE SHOBA | Why is the ANC afraid to name mayoral candidates? (opens the original)
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There is a beer hall conspiracy, largely peddled by former members of the so-called radical economic transformation faction of the ANC, that suggests President Cyril Ramaphosa was planted in the party with the sole mandate of reducing its electoral majority. This claim is usually followed by equally hilarious allegations that Ramaphosa is a CIA spy who snitched on his comrades during the Struggle years. These theories are often fed to, and accepted as gospel truth by, the same crowd that told us
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