Social media bans for children: Good reasons, but watch out
Very soon, children under the age of 16 will be legally barred from using social media in many countries. Earlier this week, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his government would ban social media access for under-16s. His government also
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From urgency to delay: what happened to South Africa’s ICJ case?
Nearly two months after Hamas launched its deadly surprise attack on the State of Israel, the ANC-led government brought a case against Israel before the United Nations’ International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention.
Remembering June 16th with Barry D. Wood
Nicholas Lorimer asks veteran American journalist about his career and his experience witnessing the events of June 16th 1976. https://www.youtube.com/live/3yIMJEWatV8?si=HwGOHQY70bqIL145
South Africa cannot defend a constitutional mandate with an unfunded military
South Africa has reached a point where the public conversation about defence must become honest and more transparent.
Liberalism: in search of an idea – Part 3
The 20th century saw the emergence of what has been termed New Liberalism. This was essentially a shift from focusing on removing the constraints on people to proactively assisting them. It sought to ameliorate social problems and to provide society’s
Fixing our politics requires a robust economy
The rise of Asia raised the bar for all economies and AI will have similar effects.
Racial classification is just a human invention … but could it be useful?
A lot of social science – beginning with the Victorians – uses the concept of race to analyse humanity. Much of that analysis is uncomplimentary toward non-white groups. It appears self-serving toward the British Empire and is frankly just racist.
Lenacapavir: SA’s biggest breakthrough in years in fight against HIV infection
President Cyril Ramaposa launched the roll-out of a new HIV preventative medicine at the Lillian Ngoyi stadium in Mpumalanga earlier this month that stands to set the country on track to reducing new HIV infections to less than 0.1% by
Are foreign powers funding the ongoing nationwide protests?
It is concerning to hear the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, insinuate that the ongoing anti-immigrant protests are being coordinated by foreign powers allegedly displeased with South Africa's decision to bring a case against the State of