Teaching history: will we be tortured by the past?
The proposed history curriculum will reserve an important place for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Concluding the final topic to be assigned to Grade 12 learners – Freedom and Democracy in South Africa: Coming to Terms with the Past –
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Jaw jaw rather than war war
For godsakes can’t we lighten up a little bit? I am sick of wars, and oil barrels, and one dire strait after another. Instead let us sit upon the ground, as Richard II adjured us to do, and tell sad
News Focus: what’s hot in Japan?
Hot weather has been news in Asia for some time, with scientists pointing out that climate change has made weather extremities more intense, frequent and unpredictable. Last August, the BBC reported that “[w]hile torrential rains lash China, Pakistan and parts
Energy and prosperity
The current kerfuffle around Iran has resulted in a sudden and sever shortage of oil in many places around the world – rich and poor alike. Like load-shedding in South Africa, this has led to the stark realisation that economies
Unrationed, irrational, immigration for a dying nation
Sean and Seamus, the hobgoblins down the road, have gone unmentioned for several months. You may have forgotten them, but I have not. They have been travelling in the British Isles and, now returned, are guests round our dinner table.
News Focus: Strait of Hormuz open
The Brent crude oil price closed yesterday at $90 per barrel – down nearly 10% - at Iran’s announcement that it was opening the Strait of Hormuz, underscoring the route’s vital importance to world economic fortunes. However, crude oil remains
Liberalism as a technology
The title of this talk is “Holding the liberal centre in a time of polarisation.” It contains a claim that investors should pay attention to: that there is a liberal centre, that it is under threat from polarisation on the
Who can you trust, when all about you is vibe?
In a world where fakery looks real, tribalism is sold as truth, and engagement pays the bills, who can you trust?
The British hatred of white South Africans knows no bounds
There was a saying that went on in some of the more progressive members' clubs in London toward the end of the last decade: “Not all Brexiteers are racists - but all racists are Brexiteers”.