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Let’s end Ukraine war as soon as possible

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Russia is ‘a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma’. This is one of the most famous of Churchill’s epigrams and in my mind

Should we eat insects?

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What’s wrong with eating insects, when we already eat prawns and lobsters, which belong to the same phylum? (A phylum is the biggest grouping of

A frightening blow to science and free speech

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Last week in Washington DC, USA, a court dealt a terrifying blow against science and free speech. A man was on trial, and found guilty,

We know how to undo the ANC’s disastrous policies

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We know exactly how the ANC’s disastrous policies have wrecked our country. But we dare not say so. We know exactly the right policies to

The immoral history of the ANC

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Is President Cyril Ramaphosa the most immoral leader the ANC has ever had? An incident and an image last month made me ponder this. Is

Sasol stakeholders and climate change

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For the first time in my life, I took part in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of a public company. This was the Sasol AGM

Why does the ANC condone the genocide of Black Africans?

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Why did the ANC not condemn the deliberate slaughter of 300,000 black African men, women and children in the Sudan but goes out of its

At last! some good sense on energy

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What a relief! The Department of Minerals and Energy has just released its plan for South Africa’s electricity supply until the year 2050. This is

If Elon Musk had stayed in South Africa

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Where would Elon Musk be now if he had not left South Africa? Probable answers: he might be in a prison or in a morgue.

How does hatred come from religion and literature?

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Tomorrow is the New Year, and today is a time to ponder. Has 2023 been an exceptionally horrible year? Probably not, I suppose, although it