AZAPO Voice Volume 4 Issue No 13

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STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS – DO NOT RAISE YOUR HOPES UP On Thursday this week President Cyril Ramaphosa will open Parliament and deliver what has become parochially known as the State of the Nation Address (SONA). As expected, he will gloss over the…

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AZAPO Voice Volume 4 Issue No 12

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CADRE DEPLOYMENT HAS COLLAPSED GOVERNANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA Those in favour of cadre deployment may advance theoretical arguments about the potency of the policy as a mechanism to transform the State and ensure a smooth and effective implementation of policies developed by a ruling…

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AZAPO Voice Volume 4 Issue No 11

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MATRIC RESULTS: WHAT ARE WE CELEBRATING? The class of 2022 has attained a pass rate of 80.1 percent. Compared to the previous class of 2021, this is an improvement of 3.7 percent. Impressive, right? Yes and no. Yes, because there are more learners who…

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AZAPO Voice Volume 4 Issue No 10

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REMEMBERING BIKO’S 76TH BIRTHDAY This past Sunday, December 18, was the birthday of our founding father Bantu Stephen Biko who was born in 1946 in Tarkastad in the Eastern Cape. His family moved to eQonce where the young Biko grew up. On the occasion…

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AZAPO Voice Volume 4 Issue No 9

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CIRCULATE THE RAND AMONGST BLACK PEOPLE The biggest challenge facing the country at the moment is unemployment. More than any other thing, unemployment has a dehumanising effect on people. It turns fathers into beggars. It turns self-respecting mothers into prostitution. It contributes to the…

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AZAPO Voice Volume 4 Issue 8

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ENDURING ANC MISRULE IS A PEOPLE’S CHOICE We can choose to go on a hair-splitting exercise. We can fall into the trap of saying that the country’s President Cyril Ramaphosa’s sins pale into insignificance compared to the “barbarians at the gate” who want to…

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