

Alex Weiss
A born-free millennial from cosmopolitan Johannesburg, Alex Weiss is a digital marketing consultant. His experience of the Fallist movement while studying at UCT spurred his interest in classical liberal thought, giving him plenty to contemplate while out on mountain trails, where he spends most of his time.
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Celebrating matric results: the tragedy and the farce
- By Alex Weiss
- . Jan 25, 2025
Last week, hundreds of thousands of children across South Africa returned to the classroom for the new school year. Some will be taking their very

Hard truth about SA’s education crisis
- By Alex Weiss
- . Apr 16, 2022
There isn’t a day that goes by when South Africans aren’t confronted by yet another ‘crisis’, whether in unemployment, healthcare, electricity, or education. Every year

As we were saying – BLM stumped by Quinton de Kock
- By Alex Weiss
- . Oct 27, 2021
‘Society is sophisticated enough to hold both Lungi Ngidi and Quinton de Kock as role models for standing up for what they believe in and

BLM stumped by Quinton de Kock
- By Alex Weiss
- . Jun 23, 2021
When, four months after their last Test, the Proteas finally took to the field against the West Indies in St Lucia, they joined their opponents

Please, let’s stop pretending
- By Alex Weiss
- . Aug 18, 2020
Doctors’ families have the joy of hearing all manner of stories about patients, from the sad to the weird and wonderful. My father recently told

The New Dawn is not a dream, it’s a nightmare
- By Alex Weiss
- . Jun 26, 2020
The other day I received a WhatsApp from a friend to say that the father of a mutual friend had been murdered the night before.

Ramaphoria has infected artists’ rebel heart
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Apr 4, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has gripped the world and South Africa tightly in the past two weeks, to the extent that my nightly routine has changed.