COP 26 and beyond: Is China playing the West for fools?

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Nearly 30 years have elapsed since the first big climate change conference in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. During that time the proportion of global

BIG programmes follow from elitism

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The marginalisation of most of our young adults is neither economically viable nor morally defensible. It reflects two forms of elitism.  The same evidence which

Electric shocks on eve of election

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“Take the knee!” and “No electricity, no vote!” have been the headline slogans on the eve of the local elections tomorrow. I’ll deal with the

Letter to the ANC … from its friends at the IRR

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As it fights for its political survival, the odds in favour of the ANC were not aided this week as the lights went out across

Settling for powerlessness

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The sentiments and the solidarity may be genuine enough, but if that’s as far as it goes, it’s not nearly enough. I wrote these words

Will the ANC ever grow up?

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I recently spent a weekend away with some university friends. We were all together in one of the residences of the erstwhile Rand Afrikaans University

Multi-billion rand baby murders on a global scale

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“Many mothers are told their babies have died. This trafficking has been found goes from Gauteng, to Mpumalanga, West Africa, Europe and the US. “Fifty

Polling and politics

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There is something quintessentially South African about how the controversy over a talk show host’s exchange with one of his guests has come to be

In defence of Nando’s

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Nando’s has only one raison d’être: to make a profit. When supporting Gareth Cliff’s Burning Platform show threatens to reduce the volume of peri-peri chicken

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This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 24th October 1648 – The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the