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Posted inEnvironment

Jobs or clean energy: is it better to go nuclear or to melt down?

by Charmain Naidoo 2 September 20215 October 2021

SA’s black female unemployment crisis forces us to think differently about job creation and the effects of human behaviour on the planet

Posted inGender violence

Women’s rights are human rights

by Shalate Davhana and Malesela Maubane 19 August 20215 October 2021

We are a far way from realising our lofty ideals of gender equality, but we must keep working towards them

Posted inNews/Politics

Our responses to social unrest and structural uncertainty are not enough

by Zukiswa Mqolomba 4 August 20215 October 2021

Social protection strategies that emphasise systemic responses only to ‘livelihood shocks and uncertainties’ hardly take into account the ways in which poverty and unemployment are produced and reproduced in South Africa

Posted inGeneral

Youth Day: Meet your presidential hopefuls for 2031

by Kim Barlow 16 June 202117 June 2021

Thought Leader and Activate! Change Drivers went on the campaign trail to find young people doing it for themselves

Posted inGeneral

Backyard rooms offer a solution to SA’s housing crisis

by Tshepo Mokholo 27 May 202127 May 2021

Letting outside quarters has been seen as a means of survival, but what if it is the natural evolution of urban development that could provide homes and livelihoods simultaneously?

Posted inEquality

The struggle of being young in South Africa

by Selokela Molamodi 4 May 20214 May 2021

Our aspirations are left high and dry, but we should take ownership of our efforts to get there

Posted inEquality

Active citizenship must be revived

by Zama Mthunzi 27 April 202126 April 2021

Because all we have now are commemorations of Freedom Day and the dreams it once carried

Posted inGeneral

The pandemic has permanently changed the world of work

by Daniel le Roux 30 March 202130 March 2021

The work-from-home genie is out of the bottle, and technology to automate processes has been adopted far faster than under normal circumstances. Students should think carefully about what this means for their studies

Posted inNews/Politics

Political elites, not foreigners, are to blame for South Africa’s problems

by Andile Zulu 17 November 20202 December 2020

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.

Posted inEquality, Gender violence, General

Gender-based violence: The epidemic that will take more lives than Covid-19

by Shannon Arnold 29 April 202029 April 2020

The relationship between gender-based violence and the home in South Africa means that lockdown leaves women particularly vulnerable, yet the government has been largely silent on this issue

Posted inBusiness, Environment, Equality, Gender violence, General, Health

Stagflation

by Avishkar Govender 3 April 20193 April 2019

Stagflation is an economic condition where inflation is high, economic growth is slow and unemployment is high. To say that South Africa is suffering in a state of stagflation is an understatement. Everyday the cost of living increases, the availability of economic opportunity diminishes and joblessness expands. To confirm this we have been told that […]

Posted inEquality, General, Health, Lifestyle, News/Politics

Breaking down South Africa?

by Bert Olivier 28 January 201928 January 2019

In 2015, it was reported that Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, speaking to followers at Nongoma, criticised black South Africans for not building further on the country they had inherited from the National Party, opting instead to destroy or break down infrastructure, in this way cancelling out the (economic) progress made during a time when the […]

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