Harness inequality and science to create jobs

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Criticism of the party Nelson Mandela personified had been restrained until Jacob Zuma appointed, briefly, a lackey as finance minister. So how can it be

Hitler comments not first time lecturer has overstepped the mark

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‘Hitler committed no crime. All Hitler did was to do to white people what white people had normally reserved for black people.’ These comments came

Government claims a vaccine monopoly after all

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After furiously denying in a sworn affidavit that the government stood in the way of private sector procurement of Covid-19 vaccines, the medicine regulator has

A matter of ‘certainty’

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Certainty, certainty, certainty… an evocative concept that populates our political discourse. It is a commodity, it seems, that we need above all else. If only

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This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 1st April 1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces

Employment or EWC – what do ordinary South Africans want?

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A fortnight ago the Ad Hoc Committee responsible for drafting the expropriation-without-compensation (EWC) constitutional amendment bill (the Bill) claimed that a burning land hunger among

Cabo Delgado: Consequences of a failing state

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More than a week after last month’s attack on Palma, the Mozambican authorities claimed to be in control of the town. There is still no

In defence of Dr Mercola

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The following is a response to Ivo Vegter’s piece on Dr Mercola, Don’t cite Mercola at me, ever! “Everything we Hear is an Opinion and

Scaremongering about oil and gas drilling

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Ominous warnings written by environmental activists are designed to whip up public opposition to oil and gas production off the South African coast. We should