Our religions may preach tolerance but more often our convictions lead to conflict
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Collaboration fatigue: Why saying yes means saying no
It is possible that people are tiring themselves out through their acceptance of collaborative engagements that do not necessarily lead to better organisational or development outcomes
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The ‘master’ and the slave: an analysis
Professor Rafael Winkler unravels several philosophies of the age that lie behind an anti-slavery 19th century lithograph
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South Africa, which lags behind on mercy killings, should take another step and legitimise suicide
The ambit of every person’s personal liberty should be expanded to include the freedom to decide on the timing of their death
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Lest we forget: South Africa needs to remember our war dead
The act of remembrance is the recognition of the futility of war and mourning the loss of men and women whose future ended too soon
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The end of humans
The Anthropocene or modern human era could be humanity’s last – though the Earth will survive us – unless we act to stop global warming
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Remembering Tutu: To forgive is not to forget, and memory can heal
As we bid farewell to the older generation that brought us political freedoms, we must never forget where we come from as a society
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Reconnecting with our interstellar family
This year has seen shift away from a policy of non-disclosure as more official statements reveal the extent of UFO activity
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South Sudan pushes hard to raise quality of education, improve adult literacy
Education offers a way out of poverty, but Covid-19’s disruption to the nation’s schooling system risks undoing much recent progress
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Pilchards and cabbage on Christmas Day? Abantu bazothini?
Is there such a thing as dijo tsa makgowa and black people’s food? How traumas, insecurities, childhood doctrines and more influence what, how and when we eat
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Why do foreign donors wish to control African CSOs?
Donors keep telling Africans to ‘be patient’ and ‘remain hopeful’, but most haven’t increased their funding since Covid-19
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The race for profits complicated racial identity in South Africa
There are Afrikaners with West African ancestry, blue-eyed amaMpondo, English amaZulu