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Mondli Makhanya
24 articles in the last 12 months · 2 sources · South Africa, Namibia
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politics-governance· 2d ago
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN: Democrats’ US midterm rout is a lesson for apathetic SA voters
Daily Maverick
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politics-governance· Nov 1
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN: Daily issues beat nostalgia this election, but the ANC hasn’t read the room
Daily Maverick
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politics-governance· Oct 28
Watch — Frank Chikane, DA polls and the ANC’s retreat from the cities
Daily Maverick
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politics-governance· Oct 25
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN: The ‘things were better under apartheid’ narrative is a cry for help
Daily Maverick
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politics-governance· Oct 20
Ramaphosa’s GNU survived an ANC rebellion, but Joburg will test everything
The Namibian
politics-governance· Oct 19
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN: Ramaphosa’s GNU survived an ANC rebellion, but Joburg will test everything
Daily Maverick
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politics-governance· Oct 18
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN: Sibiya and Selebi — two very different paths to power and disgrace
Daily Maverick
politics-governance· Oct 16
Watch — Ngobese-Zuma’s March and March: Tenders, funding and MKP
Daily Maverick
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politics-governance· Oct 12
INSPIRATION FOR A NATION: Navi Pillay’s Nobel Prize honours a heroic generation; now we must build another
Daily Maverick
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politics-governance· Oct 8
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN: Anti-immigrant mob is fuelling a dangerous anti-constitutionalist fire
Daily Maverick
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environment-climate· Oct 4
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN: Zoo Lake a microcosm of the grating littering scourge across SA’s public parks
Daily Maverick
politics-governance· Sep 27
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN: Pretoria shifts from appeasement to resistance after unrelenting US pressure
Daily Maverick
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politics-governance· Sep 22
EKURHULENI BACKLASH: Death penalty: Let’s not aspire to being a bloodthirsty, barbaric nation
Daily Maverick
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politics-governance· Sep 22
Windbag Mbalula’s stupidity is emblematic of the ANC’s plunge into ignominy
The Namibian
politics-governance· Sep 21
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN: Windbag Mbalula’s stupidity is emblematic of the ANC’s plunge into ignominy
Daily Maverick
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politics· Sep 6
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN: Ideologically blinkered SACP needs to drop socialist ‘isms’ to win over ANC-weary voters
Daily Maverick
politics· Aug 30
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPER MAN: Biko inquest delay deepens drift towards collective amnesia about apartheid horrors
Daily Maverick
politics· Aug 30
THE GREAT UNRAVELLING: ANC devours itself from within as voters steadily turn their backs
Daily Maverick
politics· Aug 28
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPER MAN: Biko inquest delay deepens drift towards collective amnesia about apartheid horrors
Daily Maverick
politics· Jul 5
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPER MAN: Contemptuously, the ANC passes the baton from disgraced Tolashe to disgraced Pule
Daily Maverick
politics· Jul 1
Tuesday, 30 June 2026 — the day the SA state ceded power to rabble-rousers
The Namibian
politics· Jun 30
TURNING POINT: Tuesday, 30 June 2026 — the day the SA state ceded power to rabble-rousers
Daily Maverick
politics· Jun 28
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN: Many lessons for Cyril Ramaphosa in Keir Starmer’s ignominious defeat
Daily Maverick
politics· Jun 21
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN: The DA must move beyond its myopic views and change trajectory
Daily Maverick
