Sara Gon
Rants professionally to rail against the illiberalism of everything. Broke out of 17 years in law to pursue a classical music passion by managing the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra and more. Working with composer Karl Jenkins was a treat. Used to camping in the middle of nowhere. Have 2 sons who have inherited a fair amount of "rant-ability" themselves.
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Greta, there’s more to it than that
According to Wikipedia, Greta Thunberg first heard about climate change when she was 8 years old, and couldn’t understand why so little was being done
Job Reservation à la 2019
An application for a job has just been published. The position being advertised is for a researcher in marketing. The contract being offered is fixed
Freedom means letting people choose
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi should not hold a job in government if he regards the choice to speak Afrikaans and the creation of a
NHI won’t sort this out
The bizarre case of the three doctors and the two broken chairs – and the unanswered questions about failings in South Africa’s public health system.
Employment Equity: Alice in Wonderland meets the Inquisition
But it remains a heresy to challenge the racial basis of empowerment edicts that are failing to address poverty and inequality. Employment equity is to
Cadre deployment means there’s no ‘dustbin’ for incompetents
In the ANC’s world, failures are recycled to perpetuate incompetence and corruption. It’s trite that a fundamental enabler of our huge levels of corruption, ineptitude
How will provincial health responsibilities match NHI?
Sara Gon |13 August 2019 Compromised accountability, and administrative headaches, promise to be essential features of the controversial National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme. Among the
‘Myth’ of academic freedom celebrated at UCT
The man who delivered the 2019 TB Davie Memorial Lecture to celebrate academic freedom at the University of Cape Town (UCT) regards the concept as
Groundhog Day comes to SA courtesy of Samwu
The recklessness and impunity of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) will only change when it is successfully ordered to pay for damage arising
Faux equality v the inequality of biology
Phoney numerical quotas for women do nothing for guaranteeing competence – and overlook the biological factor in how women view and pursue careers. The criteria