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Reflections of an intern psychologist burning out in a public hospital

Psychological Society of South Africa by Psychological Society of South Africa 27 February 2019

By Jordan du Toit There was a strike at Bara yesterday. Someone from Soweto came to watch and said, “Ask anybody here in Soweto and they will tell you they don’t want to go to Bara because they might come back in a coffin”. I couldn’t go to the protest. I was literally too busy […]

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The unbelievable cost of South Africa’s bloated public sector

Bert Olivier by Bert Olivier 19 September 201619 September 2016

South Africa would be significantly more economically viable if it did not have to carry a civil service sector that far exceeds the country’s needs in numerical terms. This is one of the many things one learns from R.W. Johnson’s candid, if sometimes completely disconcerting recent book, How Long Will South Africa Survive? The Looming […]

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