Part 2: The party’s racial cynicism
South Africa
Posted inNews/Politics
The EFF – an ideological critique in four parts
Part 3: The EFF is not a party of the working class
Posted inNews/Politics
The EFF – an ideological critique in four parts
Part 4: Understanding class and a decent human life
Posted inGeneral, Health
The what, who and when of reporting Covid-19’s festive season wave
Language reflects our preoccupations, and words such as “spike”, “contract”, “admission”, “prevention”, “grant”, “MAC” and “amid” now predominate in reporting on the virus
Posted inGeneral, News/Politics
Life and death at the Beitbridge border post
Considering the humanitarian crisis which Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi warns could be unfolding — here follows an immersive experience at that border
Posted inEquality, General
South African road users drive us to distraction
There is a certain audacity on our freeways — it highlights inequality and gives our country one of the highest accident rates in the world
Posted inGender violence
South Africa needs to be free from all gender-based violence
We have the ambitious plan to keep everyone safe regardless of their gender identity or expression — we just need implementation
Posted inEquality
Why money cannot buy us freedom
We must invent a humane world in which to live and die with dignity. This entails both an economics and a consciousness of black freedom
Posted inNews/Politics
Criminal justice system not designed to net Big Fish like Zuma and Magashule
Criminologists argue that prisons deflect attention away from the goings-on of the wealthy and the powerful
Posted inGeneral
Postdoctoral fellowships and the economics of promises
The endless rhetoric about this being a career development opportunity sounds empty at best, deliberately misleading at worst
Posted inEquality, General
The recklessness of relative truths
Democracy isn’t possible without some consensus on what constitutes valid knowledge
Posted inNews/Politics
Political elites, not foreigners, are to blame for South Africa’s problems
What if we told foreigners to voetsek? We have fallen victim to the illusion of scarcity. And we are led to wrongly believe immigrants are a threat.