New developments regarding ‘homo sacer’ and ‘bare life’ under pandemic conditions
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Address fear in the workplace to make teams stronger and more productive in difficult times
Communication, through emails, phone calls and Whatsapps and scheduled virtual coffee breaks, is key to building trust, psychological safety and mutual respect
Posted inEquality, General
South Africa’s voracious ambition in Namibia and the few who came between it : Part Two
Troubling Power: Michael Scott and the Herero mission to the UN
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‘If it were up to me, alcohol would be banned for good’
Although only a small percentage of people abuse drink, they can wreak all sorts of havoc
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Conspiracy theories: Do your research and question ‘facts’
People’s powerful belief in their views, in defiance of specialists in a subject, are amplified by social media and are then viewed as fact — when in fact it’s false
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Sir David Attenborough pulls no punches
The iconic environmentalist reprimands humanity for its short-sightedness in his latest film
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Prof Gray, ideology-free science does not exist
All knowledge is context-dependent, and claims of objective truth are a dangerous political virus
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Liberal thought has a place in the era of artificial intelligence
Because liberalism demands accountability, AI now enters into an updated social contract between individuals, their states, and AI-producing companies
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Namibia’s Blue Book of record: Part one
On 27 January, the world remembers the victims of the Holocaust, but it is also worth remembering the victims of Germany’s other, earlier genocide in Namibia. A rare book, commissioned by Britain in the early 1900s, stands as a record of the crimes against the Herero and the Nama
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Our kakistocracy shows hard work is not all it is cracked up to be
There are myriad factors that determine one’s success, not least of all an enabling government
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Resilience after blowing the whistle
Success demands effort, but specifically effort expended on the right ventures for the right reasons — this is worth remembering when times are hard, such as when I blew the whistle on my employer for withholding information relevant to the state capture enquiry
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Finding new ways to honour the dead
Digital communication, a norm for immigrants, has taken on greater significance in the pandemic