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Comment and analysis from across the continent

Charmain Naidoo

Charmain Naidoo is a journalist.

Posted inEnvironment

Jobs or clean energy: is it better to go nuclear or to melt down?

by Charmain Naidoo 2 September 20215 October 2021

SA’s black female unemployment crisis forces us to think differently about job creation and the effects of human behaviour on the planet

Posted inGeneral

Remembering Shona Bagley and other loved ones

by Charmain Naidoo 2 July 20212 July 2021

Death is everywhere. Charmain Naidoo thinks about her encounters with that dark word and world

Posted inGeneral, Health, Lifestyle

Silence like a cancer

by Charmain Naidoo 7 June 20217 June 2021

A trip to the leafy ’burbs demonstrates that noise pollution can strike anywhere, not just in urban apartments

Posted inGeneral

Punctured by a pothole

by Charmain Naidoo 12 May 202112 May 2021

Charmain Naidoo was sailing along thinking about cow burps and methane and a friend’s lunch when – bam – the sound of rubber hitting the road

Posted inLifestyle

Take me to church

by Charmain Naidoo 31 March 202131 March 2021

The supernatural is important but it is the social part that is crucial, especially in times of need

Posted inGeneral, Health

‘Grey’s Anatomy’ season 17 is just a rerun of Covid season 1

by Charmain Naidoo 4 March 20214 March 2021

We’ve already experienced or seen fear, loneliness, sickness and death in our own lives – but also joy, generosity and courage

Posted inGender violence, General

‘If it were up to me, alcohol would be banned for good’

by Charmain Naidoo 4 February 20214 February 2021

Although only a small percentage of people abuse drink, they can wreak all sorts of havoc

Posted inGeneral

We’re prepared for the Year of Uncertainty

by Charmain Naidoo 1 January 20216 January 2021

The Year that Wasn’t was our practice run at being able to adapt, to be resilient, to mourn and to despair

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