Poverty is a choice
Nicholas Lorimer and John Endres discuss the outcome of the News24 On the Record conference. They also discuss the latest polling and the DA topping
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Playing in the mucky sandbox
In its formative days, social media was punted as the great democratiser of political debate. It would enable untold (and hitherto unheard) millions to have a voice in public debate, free from the explicit or implied barriers of space and invitation that made traditional media the province of elites. This was
Understanding Trump’s relationship with Europe
The US must mitigate risks arising from Europe’s weaknesses; European leaders must embrace realism.
News Focus: A widening war, a narrowing margin for error
The war involving Iran, the United States and Israel has entered a more dangerous phase, defined less by decisive victories than by expanding reach, blurred accountability and mounting global costs. Events over the past 48 hours, from the Gulf to
June 16, 1976 – What it was like in Soweto on the first day
Implausibly, on the morning of 16 June 1976, I first heard there was trouble in Soweto from London.
The principal cause of human stupidity
Regardless of how intelligent we might, or might not actually be personally, we all tend to regard ourselves as being at least adequately intelligent in human terms. And when we consider the intelligence of the other animals that we share
Wisdom and ideology
Humanity has evolved to the point, cognitively, socially and historically, where we have the self-awareness to be able to get beyond living through instinct, in nature red in tooth and claw. We have gained the ability to model the world
Black thoughts on a night to dismember
Seth Allot, dear man, has been staying with us for more than a fortnight. In private, I dub him Professor in Residence, which is false. In public, I call him Professor Emeritus, which is true. Personally, I would like him
News Focus: BEE under pressure
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has written to Deputy President Paul Mashatile challenging him to provide concrete evidence for his claim that B-BBEE has proved to be a “great success” and a non-negotiable part of South Africa’s economic progress.