Since the first Venda woman was crowned over the weekend, hateful comments have been spewed like bile on social media
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Does philosophy have a role in society?
Philosophers have a different take on current affairs and pose their own problems. They point out the distance between truth and power. Then it is up to us to choose
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A new part for the course
Golf has transformative potential in both the game and in the green spaces it uses
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Time to write a new verse
In addition to a rehaul of our hygiene regime, we should use this moment to re-examine the best ways of living
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Thou shalt not covet an Oscar
The Academy’s new diversity criteria for the best picture Oscar will not effect structural change. We should rather strive for equality
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Stumbling upon Orania in the pandemic
It seems a road trip can take you strange places and back in time
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Taste, power and distinction: Politics on a plate
From an early age, I have viscerally known that lack of food was neither just nor fair
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None of us has a fixed identity
The actual character of reality as a process eludes most people because we are indoctrinated from a young age
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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. […]
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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 […]
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‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’: A timely eco-emergency film
The coronavirus pandemic provides a timely backdrop for thinking about humans’ destruction of other species