Author: Jo Mangaliso Mdhlela

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spaza shops
News

We can’t be indifferent as children die

The death of children as a result of food poisoning at the hands of unscrupulous spaza shops, mostly owned by foreign nationals, has been described by the Moral... Read more.
Parliament
News

Why we need quality MPs, legislators 

Debating skills in parliament, or at a  provincial legislature, or at municipal chambers, are a requirement that should not be taken for granted, for constitu... Read more.
Anglican Church workers
Columnists

Union may be what Anglicans need

Could the unionisation of church workers, including priests, particularly in the context of the recent reported incidents of alleged persecution of priests by t... Read more.
Church’s cornerstone is human rights
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Church’s cornerstone is human rights 

The Anglican Church in some of the dioceses in Gauteng, notably those in Johannesburg and the Highveld, are notoriously and strongly warming up to right-wing le... Read more.
Hold the dialogue now, Mr President
Columns

Hold the dialogue now, Mr President

The hype about the proposed presidential national dialogue must be accelerated, if only for one reason, and one reason only: the country is hurtling — like a ... Read more.
ANC must prove to voters it deserves another go 
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ANC must prove to voters it deserves another go 

In South Africa there is no war but the country is so fractured it could not elect a majority government in the May 29 polls, and so had to resort to forming a ... Read more.