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Posted inBusiness, Environment, Lifestyle

Who are you calling radical?

Mike Baillie by Mike Baillie 8 November 20138 November 2013

The planet needs activism. It is being drilled, mined, excavated, pumped, and fracked more than ever before. Rivers are clogged with clingwrap, Simba packets, and toxic dyes; saturated with the run off from crops that are lathered in pesticides, herbicides, and chemical fertilisers. Forests are being wiped out: Even in the DRC where the Congo […]

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Oppikoppi: A field of stars

Koos Kombuis by Koos Kombuis 19 August 201326 August 2013

This is how I used to feel: Whenever someone told me that he or she wanted to become a musician, or a singer, or a new Afrikaans songwriter, something inside of me died. This is what I wanted to say to people who told me this: “I know you think that you are unique, and […]

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