Students are confident Advocate Mojakunyane Gumbi has what it takes to reform the institution
General
Posted inBusiness, General, Lifestyle, Media
Who’s afraid of Big Fake News: How the expert lost her voice
By Daniel den Hollander Information is all around us. Social media platforms keep us informed of the latest developments. You would assume that this continuous access to the latest knowledge would make us smarter and more informed. Unfortunately, it has also created an explosion of fake news, conspiracy theories, and misinformation, often based on prejudice. […]
Posted inGeneral
Just how pervasive are narcotics in our societies?
Narcocapitalism by Laurent de Sutter presents some disturbing truths about the anaethetised state in which we live, whether our drugs of choice are illegal or available on prescription
Posted inEnvironment, Equality, General, Health, Lifestyle
How do we fight racism when our schools are racially disintegrated?
By Lehlohonolo Mofokeng The brutal killing of a black man by the police force in the United States of America evoked in me what Chabani Manganyi noted in his seminal book Being Black in the World. In this book, Manganyi argues that there are two interwoven existential realities of being black—one positive and the other […]
Posted inGeneral
Cape independence is feasible – An open letter to John Steenhuisen
‘South Africa is a sinking ship and the Western Cape is a lifeboat, where many of us now want to be cast adrift before we are dragged down too’
Posted inGeneral
Jesus wept: In defence of brevity
Succinct expressions of beauty tend to linger longer
Posted inGeneral
Free us from mind control: A contextual addition to the US protests
Although the protests in the United States are clearly aimed at deep-seated systemic racism, there is a broader backdrop to the protests. What we are seeing is likely a sign of things to come
Posted inGeneral
A doctor who thinks holistically about Covid-19
We humans are all too inclined to think of effects as being the result of simple, linear causal chains
Posted inGeneral
Insulted by salt
On my daily brisk autumnal walk to the shops this morning with This Charming Man bouncing around the insides of my head, creating a sense of pleasure and introspection, two things struck me. Firstly, Morrisey’s poignant, intelligent and exposing lyrics on gay culture in the 80s are sublime: “Punctured bicycle, On a hillside desolate, Will […]
Posted inGeneral, Health
Enough with the ‘saving lives’ lie
President Cyril Ramaphosa has consistently stated that the extreme measures of South Africa’s lockdown have saved lives, despite it being entirely unclear, and even unlikely, that his claim is true when one considers broader aspects of the pandemic
