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[Click here to read this message online.]( Free Edition 28 January 2018 [Mail & Guardian Logo]( Premium content from M&G's Daily Edition: [On Bop and the legacy of nostalgia]( [Arts and Culture]( | [​Wamuwi Mbao]( It’s not strange that people feel nostalgic about Bophuthatswana – it’s part of being South African [SOS team on standby for Day Zero]( [News]( | [Govan Whittles]( When Cape Town’s taps run dry, an elite squad will leap into action to halt outbreaks of disease [Divided DA plays the blame game]( [Politics]( | [Dineo Bendile]( Major problems confront a party that was once confident of seriously damaging the ANC in 2019​ [Combative, evasive Dlamini steers herself towards disaster]( [National]( | [Phillip de Wet]( Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini this week sought a definition of “meeting” before she could confirm that she had one [Bop citizens tell of ‘days of plenty’ under Mangope]( [News]( | [Lucas Ledwaba]( But others recall the brutality of his soldiers and police and the illusion of freedom [‘Varsity doesn’t prepare us to teach in rural areas’]( [Education]( | [Bongekile Macupe]( Schools on farm and communal land are multigrade, resources are minimal and the lifestyle change is a shock [Focus shifts to Steinhoff's ex-chair Christo Wiese]( [Business]( | [Lisa Steyn]( It appears US banks lost $1-billion when they loaned to the tycoon who used his Steinhoff shares as collateral [Palladium could be felled by its own success, experts say]( [Business]( | [Tebogo Tshwane]( “The price keeps on going up and demand is so great, even car companies are starting to move to platinum” [Letters to the editor: January 26 to February 1]( [Letters]( | [Letters]( Readers write in about Africa's children and Cape Town's water crisis [Ace checks the corruption card]( [Politics]( | [Paddy Harper]( The new ANC secretary general says the party shouldn’t rush to expel President Jacob Zuma [Subscribe to access this content]( [Unsubscribe]( [View online]( [View PDF]( [Pause Subscription]( [Unsubscribe]( • [Update Profile]( • [View PDF]( • [Pause Subscription]( • [View Online]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} on 28-01-2018 [Mail & Guardian]( is intended for opt-in communication only. If you feel this email is unsolicited please [report it]( to us Email Powered By [Mail & Guardian](