White Lives Don’t Matter!

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“White Lives Don’t Matter!” The eNCA television station made this clear in a disgraceful racist incident broadcast live to the nation last month. An eNCA

Class inequality a growing concern in SA

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Class and geography are often ignored as reasons for inequality in South Africa; it is often claimed that racism is often claimed to be the

Don’t defund the police, restructure the police!

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In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of Derek Chauvin and the subsequent protests around it, especially those with calls to defund

Thoughts from a grim alternative reality

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Amerika was one of the more evocative television events of the later 1980s. Originally broadcast over seven nights in 1987, it depicted life in the

Daily Maverick hit-piece on Panda is embarrassingly poor

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Weaving a web of supposed connections of which any conspiracy theorist would be proud, Nafeez Ahmed and Rebecca Davis tried to paint anti-lockdown lobby group

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This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 28th February 1993 – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)

Invective no answer to obvious unconstitutionality

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Patricia de Lille, minister of public works and infrastructure, relies on invective, insult, and falsehood – rather than the ‘fact’ and ‘honesty’ she claims– in

Why is South Africa’s growth rate so feeble?

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There will be no immediate recovery for the South African economy from the last year of lockdown. This year the South African Treasury predicts the

Cape Town’s metered taxi decision violates DA’s own principles

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The City of Cape Town has placed a ‘moratorium on new operating licences to ensure sustainability of metered taxi industry’. Since when is that government’s

Fossil fuels help to feed the planet and also to make it greener

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‘Climate change is already affecting agriculture and food security, which will make the challenge of ending hunger, achieving food security, improving nutrition, and promoting sustainable