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King Henry VIII, as rendered by Holbein the Younger.
ANC

Local government elections: Dear ANC, look before you leap

In love, as in politics, look before you leap

  • Kiri Rupiah
  • Luke Feltham
5 min read
CORRUPTION

Resuscitate the public broadcaster

The SABC is simply too important to South Africa’s democracy for it to be gutted: we cannot allow it to die

  • Kiri Rupiah
  • Luke Feltham
5 min read
BEAUREGARD TROMP

What connects the M to the G?

The Ampersand connects the M to the G. We leave ‘when-we’ Weekly Mail nostalgia and financial strain behind and focus on the now

  • Kiri Rupiah
  • Luke Feltham
4 min read
BEN BRADLEE

Koeberg plot, FBI rot

Two unrelated tales of citizen activism are a salient reminder that ordinary people can do extraordinary things

  • Kiri Rupiah
  • Luke Feltham
4 min read
Ted Kaczynski, pictured here in 1999, wrote in his manifesto about how technology would be the downfall of America. (Stephen J. Dubner/Getty)
MAIL AMP GUARDIAN

How the Unabomber was caught or, why we need subeditors

Subeditors are the people who turn a reporter’s words into coherent work with the correct use of grammar and language, without removing the author’s voice or misrepresenting the…

  • Kiri Rupiah
  • Luke Feltham
2 min read
After the coup, Bolivia’s Movement for Socialism returned to power in 2020 with Luis Arce winning the presidency. Photo: Aizar Raldes/AFP
BANANA REPUBLIC

Capitalism rotten to the cor(p)

Pushback from strong social movements have recovered democracy for the people of Bolivia and Chile

  • Kiri Rupiah
  • Luke Feltham
4 min read