There is nothing suicidal about empathy

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The theory that the West is dying of “suicidal empathy” misunderstands liberty, misunderstands the West, and misunderstands empathy itself.

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Don’t miss this morning’s IRR webinar on November election polling insights

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With South Africa entering an increasingly competitive political era, and the 4 November Local Government Elections little more than two months away, the political support of women voters is likely to prove decisive in determining the country’s political direction.

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Fixing Joburg: put the city first

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Johannesburg is facing significant social, economic and infrastructural challenges that demand an energetic, decisive and capable mayor who can halt the city’s decline and pursue a transformative developmental agenda.

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Habituation: the toddler in the razor wire

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It must be about 40 years ago now that I read the short story by Nadine Gordimer in which a toddler gets trapped in the razor wire surrounding his parents’ upmarket Johannesburg home.

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Open letter to President Macron: test of conservation policy is not whether it makes Europeans feel better about wildlife

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The real test of conservation is not whether a policy makes Europeans feel better about wildlife. The test is whether it leaves more wildlife, more habitat and stronger incentives to conserve them for the generations that follow. We respectfully submit

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South Africa’s hidden tax: why crime is now a line item

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Every business operating in South Africa already pays a tax that never appears on a South African Revenue Service assessment.

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The price of some supposedly priceless things

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Every creature has needs, and therefore values whatever meets those needs.

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Race bind

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The Professor is with us for dinner. Unsurprisingly, I am all aquiver. Why I feel both weak at the knees and hollow in my tum when he arrives is beyond me. Is it his beautiful figure, elegant gait, his silky

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News Focus: donkey dies for settler nationalism

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Violence by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank is set to reach record levels this year, as human rights groups warn that they are increasingly spreading into new areas of the territory. So says the BBC in text accompanying