Language reflects our preoccupations, and words such as “spike”, “contract”, “admission”, “prevention”, “grant”, “MAC” and “amid” now predominate in reporting on the virus
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Posted inGeneral, Lifestyle
Unbedazzle those New Year’s resolutions
Plain advice from a transitions facilitator and futurist on how to set goals
Posted inGeneral, News/Politics
Life and death at the Beitbridge border post
Considering the humanitarian crisis which Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi warns could be unfolding — here follows an immersive experience at that border
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We’re prepared for the Year of Uncertainty
The Year that Wasn’t was our practice run at being able to adapt, to be resilient, to mourn and to despair
Posted inGeneral, Lifestyle
The great staggering: When the pre- and post-pandemic worlds converge
While 2020 was put in a holding pattern, there was consensus that the Covid-19 pandemic would produce a “new normal”. But instead of a clean slate, the new normal will be shaped by residual issues we left in 2019
Posted inEquality, General
South African road users drive us to distraction
There is a certain audacity on our freeways — it highlights inequality and gives our country one of the highest accident rates in the world
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Africa is slowly losing the power of praise poetry
The oral tradition, which has numerous functions in society, needs to be preserved for future generations
Posted inGeneral, Tech
Revisiting an old favourite in the new Star Trek: Discovery
Viewers will find in the series an exemplar of the exploration of forms of otherness most people have never dreamed of, as well as of divergent ways to act in unison
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Postdoctoral fellowships and the economics of promises
The endless rhetoric about this being a career development opportunity sounds empty at best, deliberately misleading at worst
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Socrates and philosophy: Not honouring the gods of the city
Conflicting messages about the pandemic beg us to go the way of philosophers and examine every claim to validity or truth, particularly with regard to evidence.
Posted inEquality, General
The recklessness of relative truths
Democracy isn’t possible without some consensus on what constitutes valid knowledge
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One man’s quest for an independent Western Cape
Individuals have far more power to hold their leaders to account and effect thange than they think