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By Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh There is a growing inclination in South African public discourse towards the idea that race no longer exists. This is a different claim to whether or not it should exist. One of the main consequences of this claim is that selection policies should no longer focus on “race” but on other indicators […]

As we’ve started to see in South Africa and across the rest of the continent, the potential for mobile-enabled healthcare is enormous. Evidence from the GSMA Mobile Health Summit held in Cape Town at the start of June shows that mobile operators are currently leading the pack in this space. Going forward, however, it is […]

All of last week I was thinking that I need to contact one of the most important people in my life — my nanny, Florence Mbuli. Something inside me told me that I needed to contact her and thank her for making me the person I am today. I found out on Sunday morning that […]

Sanzar could not have asked for more. On one side, you have the Queensland Reds. At the bottom a few seasons ago but now a thoroughbred side changing the landscape of Australian rugby. Their home ground was under water as Brisbane suffered its worst floods in 36 years at the beginning of the year. Now […]

Here in Thessaloniki, Greece, where the international ISTP (International Society for Theoretical Psychology) Conference has just ended, delegates seemed strangely reluctant to abandon the discussions that have occupied them for a week. And not surprisingly, given the quality of the papers, a case in point being the keynote address by Professor Silvia Federici from New […]

By Nobukhosi Ngwenya An article published a few months ago outlined how an organisation called Project Prevention was gearing to set up shop in South Africa. The project pays drug addicts and alcoholics to get sterilised. Barbara Harris, Project Prevention founder, would use the phrase “long-term birth control” instead of “sterilisation”. Let us call a […]

Hardly a week goes by without reading another blast from Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi against President Jacob Zuma’s wavering leadership style or the ANC’s reluctance to take strong action against some top government official or minister accused of corruption. The string of very public and virulent attacks culminated with the latest criticism at the meeting of […]

We continue to hear of reports of bribery and corruption in Fifa. Why should it be immune? And like I always say, where there’s smoke there’s fire. We have Mr Jack Warner who’s being supported at home, but who resigned from Fifa, which means we will in all likelihood never find out the real truth […]

There are some kinds of software you just buy: word processors, email clients and anti-virus packages are obvious examples. But when it comes to software that serves more specialised needs in the organisation, like financial systems, many people wonder if it wouldn’t be better to build their own. At least that way, the argument goes, […]

The news that emerged on Tuesday was that the ICC had changed its mind on the number of associate teams that will take part in the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Considering the speed at which the ICC made the original decision to cull its minor members just days after the conclusion of the 2011 tournament, […]

I have long held that our sports commentators are pretty weak. It is an evident fact to all that to be on TV, particularly for SuperSport you simply have to have played the game at a high level. I can name only two South African commentators that deserve to be given my attention, Bob Skinstad […]