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You can’t preach abroad and neglect at home
Our local government elections will not be won on what a leader thinks about Israel and Gaza.
Jan 12
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Our water crisis can be resolved – but only if our leaders want it fixed
The truth that underpins all of this is simple: there is no consequence for inaction. Money keeps changing hands. Contracts keep getting issued…
Dec 22, 2025
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Jonathan Erasmus
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People, power, and why Joburg matters
The political headwinds of change are clearly blowing.
Nov 20, 2025
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Jonathan Erasmus
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Our water crisis can be resolved – but only if our leaders want it fixed
Dec 22, 2025
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Jonathan Erasmus
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Civil society is taking charge of the water crisis
Apr 20, 2025
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#TrumpRamaphosaMeeting: Crime took centre stage — and communities could be the biggest winners
May 21, 2025
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Jonathan Erasmus
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As the West rises, South Africa must make a choice
Dec 4, 2024
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Jonathan Erasmus
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The end is nigh, but 2025 is for winning
Dec 28, 2024
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Jonathan Erasmus
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Let’s bash the door down
Jul 31, 2024
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Jonathan Erasmus
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The long arc of political ineptitude will haunt the incumbent government
Bizarrely, in an era where news reports must be short and everyone is pressed for time, time still matters in how we formulate ideas.
Oct 27, 2025
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Jonathan Erasmus
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The Soviet-era ANC NEC needs a scalpel
The NEC is an archaic, Soviet-era body that allows the responsibility for bad decisions and poor implementation to be spread evenly across the group…
Oct 16, 2025
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Jonathan Erasmus
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6 Steps to Save Joburg
Its a matter of thrive or die.
Sep 26, 2025
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From District 9 to Elysium: Johannesburg’s descent into dystopia
From potholed roads in main centres, to stolen streetlights, stripped power cables, growing heaps of refuse, shacks popping up in spruits, hijacked…
Sep 21, 2025
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Jonathan Erasmus
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As the ANC’s grip weakens, turbulent times loom at local level
This remarkable shift in the body politic of South Africa, which we are witnessing in real time, contains as many possibilities as the Enigma Machine.
Sep 12, 2025
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Jonathan Erasmus
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There is no shame in creating your own Utopia in an abnormal SA
Too often in South Africa, the only “justice” we see is when the corrupt die.
Aug 31, 2025
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Jonathan Erasmus
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Consistency and teaching beats outrage and news cycles
The modern news cycle is unforgiving and the only mechanism to making sure a story sticks and gains the attention it needs, is by not letting it rest.
Aug 7, 2025
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Jonathan Erasmus
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Sport always shows us what is possible – we must just listen
I cannot have been the only one, but when I watched the Comrades Marathon, a key theme kept leaping out at me - this is what success looks like.
Jun 22, 2025
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Jonathan Erasmus
Democracy is alive and messy – Make sure you throw in some mud
Being politically attuned in South Africa is - whether we like it or not - a sport.
Jun 4, 2025
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Jonathan Erasmus
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#TrumpRamaphosaMeeting: Crime took centre stage — and communities could be the biggest winners
For any municipality to thrive, it must be clean, affordable — and most critically — safe. On all three counts, most of South Africa’s cities fail.
May 21, 2025
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Jonathan Erasmus
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