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• IVOR ICHIKOWITZ: Raila Odinga's death leaves a void in Africa

  Raila Odinga is gone, and Africa feels smaller. His death has left a deep quiet across the continent — the kind of silence that follows the passing of someone who carried more than his share of our collective history.

• TikTok fuels year-end shopping with content creator influence

  Shoppers are changing how they approach yearend purchases, with TikTok revealing that nine in 10 users take action after seeing content on the platform

• Review of SA's carmaker policy stalls

  Hopes for a quick fix to problems in the government's flagship motor industry policy, the Automotive Production Development Programme (APDP), have dimmed as noone has yet been appointed to lead its review.

• Supply chain woes threaten consumer wallets, says Super Group

  Deepening supply chain disruptions, crumbling infrastructure and persistent inflationary pressures are set to push up transport and vehicle costs, tightening the financial squeeze on consumers, according to Super Group.

• SHAWN HAGEDORN: SA cannot afford to reject global realities

  The Nobel prize committee recently recognised the enormous value of disruptive innovations as a historic agreement was struck in the Middle East. How are these related events relevant to SA?

• TRISTEN TAYLOR: How to get the ANC out of power

  It is nearly four years until the next national election, currently scheduled for 2029. A depressing eternity of watching Cyril Ramaphosa, the hapless president of a jobless country, do absolutely jack all.

• TOM EATON: US already seized by someone more powerful than a mere king

  There is no shame in admitting that I feel uncomfortable over the issue of monarchy, and not only because that issue always shoots me dirty looks at royal tea parties when I lick cream off my plate.

• EDITORIAL: Tolashe in the hot seat over missteps and misleading parliament

  It is hard to see how Sisisi Tolashe, the social development minister, can escape censure from President Cyril Ramaphosa and the National Assembly.

• MARK ETHERIDGE: Benoni bullet Martin van Wyk strikes gold in France

  A 23yearold pipe dream became reality this month when SA's 55yearold Martin van Wyk smoked his way to gold in the UCI Masters World Track Cycling Championships in Roubaix, France.

• MICHAEL AVERY: Whistle-blower detonates bombshell on Bonitas

  There's a moment in every scandal when rumour hardens into evidence as whistleblowers come forward with emails, draft contracts and threads, spelling out in black and white the anatomy of a con.

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• RAYMOND PARSONS: Looking into the crystal ball: An economic preview of SA's economy in 2022

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