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Posted inEquality, General

Has the public schooling model outlived its usefulness?

by Lindelani Mnisi 6 May 20216 May 2021

Global economies and the unprecedented democratisation of information have changed the world. Given that the main purpose of school was to teach children the necessities to live and to work, is there no easier, or more effective, way to achieve that same goal two centuries later?

Posted inEquality

Women leaders must model sisterhood

Puleng Segalo and Edith Phaswana by Puleng Segalo and Edith Phaswana 5 May 20215 May 2021

In the face of myriad challenges in the workplace, female leaders must forge solidarities to dismantle oppressive spaces

Posted inEquality

The struggle of being young in South Africa

by Selokela Molamodi 4 May 20214 May 2021

Our aspirations are left high and dry, but we should take ownership of our efforts to get there

Posted inEquality, Health

The Covid pandemic has become a breeding ground for ideas about fake liberty

by Philip Machanick 3 May 20213 May 2021

A rebuttal of Bert Olivier, whose recent opinion piece echoes every talking point of propaganda driving the agenda of authoritarianism

Posted inEquality, Media, News/Politics

Freedom@27: Layered, elusive, and personal

Psychological Society of South Africa by Psychological Society of South Africa 30 April 202130 April 2021

Four psychologists reflect on what liberty means to them, their patients and the country

Posted inEquality

Active citizenship must be revived

by Zama Mthunzi 27 April 202126 April 2021

Because all we have now are commemorations of Freedom Day and the dreams it once carried

Posted inEquality

Seeing freedom through Dr Sindisiwe van Zyl’s eyes

by Khumisho Moguerane 26 April 202129 April 2021

The ‘people’s doctor’ never accepted a world as unchangeable, but rather as a possibility to connect with others

Posted inEquality, General, Health

Good wins in American hospital series

Bert Olivier by Bert Olivier 20 April 202121 April 2021

New Amsterdam is a critique of neoliberal health care in the United States

Posted inEquality

The African immigrant is a human being

by Maruping Phepheng 19 April 202119 April 2021

There’s a need for South Africa and other African states to better handle those who cross its borders in search of a better life

Posted inEquality

Democracy and open society in Zimbabwe 41 years after independence

by Dewa Mavhinga 18 April 202121 April 2021

A full 41 years after ‘freedom’, many Zimbabweans still strive for what they sought then – the enjoyment of their fundamental human rights and freedoms

Posted inEquality

The problem with free speech

by Mathew Weiss 16 April 202121 April 2021

This right is essential to modern society, but it is a relatively recent phenomenon and we should not take it for granted

Posted inEquality, General

Condemnation of UCT lecturer misses context

Andile Zulu by Andile Zulu 15 April 202115 April 2021

Groups slam UCT professor’s Hitler comment without an understanding of the lecture’s purpose

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