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The blurred crime picture – the impact of under-reporting
The under-reporting of crime undermines efforts to combat and prevent crime in South Africa. Only real, consistent and grassroots improvemen
Lies, statistics and why Africa's poor numbers really matter
How trustworthy are Africa's gross domestic product figures? These all-important statistics have taken on a "dangerously misleading air of a...
Racial scare-mongering in South Africa makes light of women's murders
Claims that white women are likely to be murdered by "unknown black males" amount to racial scare-mongering, writes Lisa Vetten.
The Daily Maverick and the Dockrats: Is Al-Qaeda really 'alive and well' in SA?
Last month South Africa's Daily Maverick website published an article which claimed that "Al-Qaeda is alive and well in South Africa". Was
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The myth of teenage pregnancy and child support grants
It is story that is told as fact: South African teenagers are falling pregnant in order to cash in on child support grants. Michelle Solomon