Coming across his memoirs of that first, glorious day of freedom is an antidepressant John Davenport would like to keep
Coronavirus
Posted inEquality
Affirmative Action: Not enough on its own
Simple equality of opportunity will fail to address the reality of racialised socioeconomic inequalities
Posted inGeneral
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 inNews/Politics
Us paradoxical humans: Embrace it at a time of possible mass deception
Even if most of the time we toe the conventional line there are some circumstances, such as during a so-called pandemic, when we must say, thus far but no further
Posted inLifestyle
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
Posted inHealth
Surviving the age of anxiety
There are just some things that you can never ever prepare for
Posted inNews/Politics
Corruption casts a long shadow on our public discourse
When the words commonly associated in news stories with the term ‘Covid-19’ include ‘looting’, it’s time to shine a light on the problem
Posted inMedia
Words can paint a softened impression of Covid-19’s onslaught
Reporting is blurry but, reading between the lines, it seems more people have died from the disease
Posted inNews/Politics
Covid-19: Contrasting preparation by the DA-led Western Cape and other provinces
When you make a choice, you also choose the consequence. The people of the Western Cape need to start thinking about the possibilities of Cape independence
Posted inLifestyle
‘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
Posted inNews/Politics
A pandemonium of Nzimande’s making
The higher education sector should be the most innovative in a crisis, but the minister failed dismally
Posted inNews/Politics
Is Angie Motshekga reducing teachers’ and learners’ lives to nothing?
If the DBE cannot assure children that their lives will not be compromised, how do you expect effective teaching and learning to happen? Have effective teaching and learning ever triumphed where fear reigned?