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A supplementary edition – and one which does not strictly concern the ANC – to be read with Issue 11, in which the court’s findings with regard to the Erasmus Commission and their implications are discussed. Here, we set out what some of the key political analysts had to say about the Commission, prior to [...]
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Given the constraints on public debate in South Africa – outlined in the previous edition of The Real ANC Today – what can we do to strengthen it? Of central importance are two principles: that every opinion has an equal opportunity to be heard and that each person has the ability to properly [...]
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What constitutes a good argument? It’s a pertinent question in South Africa today, certainly with regards to public debate. In this edition, we look at the role reason plays in our public discourse, the constraints on it and how they affect our ability to construct a good argument.
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