Coming across his memoirs of that first, glorious day of freedom is an antidepressant John Davenport would like to keep
South Africa
Posted inEquality, General
Has the public schooling model outlived its usefulness?
Global economies and the unprecedented democratisation of information have changed the world. Given that the main purpose of school was to teach children the necessities to live and to work, is there no easier, or more effective, way to achieve that same goal two centuries later?
Posted inEquality
The struggle of being young in South Africa
Our aspirations are left high and dry, but we should take ownership of our efforts to get there
Posted inEquality, Media, News/Politics
Freedom@27: Layered, elusive, and personal
Four psychologists reflect on what liberty means to them, their patients and the country
Posted inNews/Politics
Zuma is playing for time, a privilege of the powerful and wealthy
People with the means to employ the best legal minds to plot a course through the labyrinth of legalese can milk the system’s preponderance for fairness
Posted inEquality
Seeing freedom through Dr Sindisiwe van Zyl’s eyes
The ‘people’s doctor’ never accepted a world as unchangeable, but rather as a possibility to connect with others
Posted inEquality, General
If land expropriation is evil, it is the evil we all need
The Expropriation Bill is needed to undo evils in South Africa, and lies and fear-mongering to scare investors will not bring this democratic process to a halt
Posted inNews/Politics
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
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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
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Bring me a permanent solution in the Western Cape
Love it or hate it, independence certainly has merit
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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
Posted inEquality
Coming of age in South Africa
Young people inherit generational inequalities, but cling on to a hope of self-authorship