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Mushtak Parker

A travesty that ANC is still defined by Mandela

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

The Madiba magic is receding, especially among a youth cohort in a hurry.

Gender equality is smart economics and right way to go

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

Gaps in implementation of laws on women’s rights show how much work still lies ahead.

Thaw in SA-US relations a relief for Ramaphosa

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

Bilateral relations have seen a flurry of positive diplomatic activity this year.

Mapisa-Nqakula’s case symbolises a disconcerting trend

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

Politicians across the globe are a breed unto themselves.

Africa lags in renewable energy race despite advantages

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

Eskom’s April 1 price hike no April Fool’s joke for cash-strapped South Africans.

Ending tuberculosis is an exercise in futility

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

Despite global efforts to combat the spread of the resilient mycobacterium that causes the disease, and affects over 10. 6 million people annually, including 5. ...

Gender gaps across spectrum unacceptable

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

The fact that we indulge in this perennial soul-searching playbook suggests that the gender equality ecosystem remains a work in progress, albeit patronisingly slow ...

Report lays bare shame of all that is dysfunctional at Eskom

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

A devastating indictment of a state-owned utility on the brink of implosion.

Budget did not serve the real economic hopes of majority

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

How can Godongwana talk about growth when his fiscal deficit grew by 1%?

ANC narrative avoids tough questions

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

South Africans may be bemused to see their country classified as one with a “moderate level of corruption”.

Budget must escape ANC cadres’ ideological straitjacket

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

Godongwana beholden to ANC’s competing and latterly self-serving and corrupt factions.

Rhetoric of aspirations, failed promises, outrageous claims

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

State of the Nation Address: the playback of the ANC is a surreal one-track mind narrative.

Recognising inequities in care is key to beating cancer

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

Need for a model centering on equitable access and win-win collaboration is imperative.

Efforts to control malaria face many challenges

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

South Africa has shown commendable progress in its efforts to become malaria-free, especially in indigenous transmission.

Non-Aligned Movement’s Gaza stance is right in all ways

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

That the death of thousands of Palestinians has degenerated into the semantics of a callous global diplomatic speak, pitching “pause” against “ceasefire”, shows ...

SA’s WEF strategy beholden to politics of Middle East

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

The Forum’s star has waned thanks to its inherent contradictions and moral ambivalence.

The 2024 elections could be historic in several ways

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

To what extent have the 27 million-strong electorate matured in civic and political culture?

2024 elections: will they democratise democracy?

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

The biggest election year in history will be under scrutiny.

Only debt sustainability will support long-term GDP growth

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

In November, Team Godongwana were adding to the debt burden, let alone the financial sustainability of the economy and country

Cost of climate change on humanity can be deadly

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

Health-centric action holds potential to save millions of lives annually

Sukuk issuance has been a learning curve for Treasury

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

Not a panacea to a country’s debt metrics and woes.

Odds stacked against Team CR’s attempts to emulate champs

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

South Africans of all political colours will rightly hold him, his president and the ANC to account.

Bok resilience matched by US trade resolve

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

Since its inception in May 2000, the trade balance between Agoa countries and the US has always been in favour of the African states, peaking at $64bn in 2008 and ...

Extension of Agoa remains the elephant in the room

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

Tension especially relating to Russia, China and the West could be potential downside.

Do or die in game for the ages as Boks set out to win it for the nation

Mushtak Parker|Published 1 year ago

The Boks have history making sequenced in their rugby DNA, for post-apartheid rugby is littered with history makers.