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On ‘Spring’ day this year the pupils of Alexandra High School in Gauteng celebrated by throwing chairs about and spraying fire extinguishers all over the

Raymond Aron, French intellectual and the author of Opium of the Intellectuals, believed politics rather than revolution was the way to change society for the betterment of all. He

When things got really tough for ordinary citizens a few weeks ago, when the weather boffins were giving Johannesburg a bone-chilling outlook of at least

‘Coalition country’ looks pretty uninspiring currently. A few announcements of improved systems, a round or two of pothole repairs, much ambitious, even grandiose planning. Someone

What fun and excitement we denizens of Twitter have been having with the richest man in the world buying the social media platform that many

Journalism training usually includes the injunction to not be afraid to ask for clarification when you are interviewing someone. If you as a reporter or

I was in the middle of trying to unsubscribe to a wellness – or as they say in old parlance, a health and beauty –

In Kathu in the Northern Cape on Tuesday last week, residents suffering from poverty, despondency  and the debilitating scourge of helpless dependency, lined up to

Just when it appears we can perhaps breathe a little easier, literally, with the Covid-19 virus morphing into a less severe or lung-damaging, although still

As I passed through Rosebank, Johannesburg last week heading for my optician, I noticed a new shop:, Kentucky Town. It was a KFC pop up