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Posted inHealth

A dog walk on lockdown lane

by John Davenport 7 May 20217 May 2021

Coming across his memoirs of that first, glorious day of freedom is an antidepressant John Davenport would like to keep

Posted inEquality

Affirmative Action: Not enough on its own

by Siyabulela Tsengiwe 16 February 202116 February 2021

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

Bert Olivier by Bert Olivier 21 November 202021 November 2020

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

Bert Olivier by Bert Olivier 5 November 20206 November 2020

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

Tyler Fouché by Tyler Fouché 5 October 20205 October 2020

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

by John Davenport 10 September 202010 September 2020

There are just some things that you can never ever prepare for

Posted inNews/Politics

Corruption casts a long shadow on our public discourse

Ian Siebörger by Ian Siebörger 3 September 20203 September 2020

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

Ian Siebörger by Ian Siebörger 5 August 20205 August 2020

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

Phil Craig by Phil Craig 3 July 20203 July 2020

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

Bert Olivier by Bert Olivier 7 June 20208 June 2020

The coronavirus pandemic provides a timely backdrop for thinking about humans’ destruction of other species

Posted inNews/Politics

A pandemonium of Nzimande’s making

Bonginkosi Khanyile by Bonginkosi Khanyile 3 June 20203 June 2020

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?

Mandela Rhodes Scholars by Mandela Rhodes Scholars 28 May 202028 May 2020

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?

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