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LUCKY MATHEBULA | The evolving IGR landscape demands political maturity to navigate the new context effectively

Politics tamfitronics Establishing the government of national unity’s (GNU) national executive authority with the president at its helm is the tip of the iceberg our politics must navigate in the next five years or more...There’s never been a more important time to support independent media. From World War 1 to present-day cosmopolitan South Africa and beyond, the Sunday Times has been a pillar in covering the stories that matter to you. For just R80 you can become a premium member (digital access) and support a publication that has played an important political and social role in South Africa for over a century of Sundays. You can cancel anytime. Already subscribed? Sign in below. Questions or problems? Email helpdesk@timeslive.co.za or call 0860 52 52 00.
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Ready to discuss new laws but don’t do politics: Amit Shah
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Ready to discuss new laws but don’t do politics: Amit Shah

Politics tamfitronics HomeNewsUpdated - July 01, 2024 at 08:46 PM.| New Delhi, July 1Politics tamfitronics Union Home Minister Amit Shah says all the three new criminal laws will be made available in Tamil and other regional languages mentioned in the Eighth Schedule of Constitution Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressing a press conference, in New Delhi, on Monday| Photo Credit:PTIRejecting criticism that the three new criminal laws are “draconian and repressive”, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said he was open to engaging with Opposition leaders to address grievances and hold a review of them but urged people to refrain from politicising it. In a media interaction on Monday, the day Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) were rolled out, Amit Shah also stated all...
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The Radical Politics of the Garden
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The Radical Politics of the Garden

Politics tamfitronics Q&A / July 1, 2024An interview with author Olivia Laing.(Sandra Mickiewicz)Olivia Laing is an acclaimed writer and critic whose work focuses on art and culture. The recipient of the 2018 Windham-Caampbell Prize, she’s the author of seven books, including three she considers a loose trilogy: The Lonely City (2016), Everybody (2021), and her newest, The Garden Against Time: In Search of A Common Paradise (US edition by W.W. Norton, June 25). When I spoke to Laing in April, she was at home in Suffolk, where, for the past four years, she has lived and cultivated the garden at the center of her latest book.Sara Franklin: The relationship between enclosure and control, freedom and wildness is a major theme of the book. Can you frame out how you think about this,...
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