Is this a global re-run of the Milgram obedience and the Stanford prison experiments?
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Do we need another housing programme, Minister?
None of the governments housing plans to date have managed to undo apartheid spatial planning or reduce informal housing settlements. The latest programme looks like it offers more of the same instead of hope for structural change
Zuma’s mollycoddling is justified criminologically, but not the damage he did to the country
The attempts of the ANC’s top six to convince the former president to attend the Zondo hearings is a good example of an integrative shaming measure
Young activists: a thin chapter in the history curriculum
Some of the most brutal years of the anti-apartheid struggle, fought by women and children, are given a scant 20 minutes in the classroom
Africa must innovate its own climate justice solutions
For eco-tourism to be a sustainable alternative to mining, it needs to be less dependent on tourists from Western countries
Will that which we called iBhayi by any other name sound as sweet?
The minister of sports, arts and culture and a committee have shown cultural amnesia in choosing Gqeberha and not iBhayi as Port Elizabeth’s new name
Reflections during a funeral in the time of Covid
This is how it ends. We arrive on our own and that is how we leave
Affirmative Action: Not enough on its own
Simple equality of opportunity will fail to address the reality of racialised socioeconomic inequalities
Citizenship is a right, not a concession
The ‘Zuma doctrine’ has taken hold of South Africa’s immigration and citizenship system and we must push back before we descend into totalitarianism
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
Sir David Attenborough pulls no punches
The iconic environmentalist reprimands humanity for its short-sightedness in his latest film
Prof Gray, ideology-free science does not exist
All knowledge is context-dependent, and claims of objective truth are a dangerous political virus