Michael Morris

It’s a little over an hour-and-a-half long, but if you can find the time for it, I assure you the rewards of watching Stephen Fry’s

‘(There) is … in the world at large an increasing inclination to stretch unduly the powers of society over the individual, both by the force

The challenge confronting people – and, to be honest, I am one of them – who are unsettled by the notion that the right to

At the very start of South Africa’s lockdown just over 480 days ago, I described a discomforting insight that has a direct bearing on the

I got a call last week from a public relations practitioner who confessed that she was surprised that ‘you even answered your phone’. I wondered

Social justice activists who count themselves ‘progressive’ tell us that ‘lived experience’ trumps analysis in understanding how and why people live the lives they do.

When novelist Ian McEwan finally made up his mind to travel to Israel a decade ago to accept the prestigious Jerusalem Prize – despite many

In two weeks’ time, chartered accountant Vuyo Jack will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of empowerment ‘ratings agency’ Empowerdex, which he established with

It is sobering to realise that when the latest extension of South Africa’s State of Disaster ends on 15 June – and there’s every likelihood

Thuli Madonsela began her Nadine Gordimer Lecture at Wits University this week by dwelling on the difference between justice for everyone and, as she put