An open letter to Mmusi Maimane
Dear Mr Maimane Last month you published a letter to ‘dear white South Africans’, of which I happen to be one. You thereby played the
Trump vs Biden: track the race to the finish
Political junkies across the world are avidly following the closing days of this year’s tumultuous United States (US) presidential elections, which are expected to yield
What makes a feminist?
What is feminism? What makes a feminist? These questions occurred to me last week as I watched reactions to the appointment of a strong, sympathetic,
Madness and moralism in the age of Covid-19
With few exceptions, the way in which the Covid-19 response has been framed across the globe is chiefly as a moral question: the protective authority
Trump vs Biden: track the race to the finish
Political junkies across the world are avidly following the closing days of this year’s tumultuous United States (US) presidential elections, which are expected to yield
What makes a feminist?
What is feminism? What makes a feminist? These questions occurred to me last week as I watched reactions to the appointment of a strong, sympathetic,
Madness and moralism in the age of Covid-19
With few exceptions, the way in which the Covid-19 response has been framed across the globe is chiefly as a moral question: the protective authority
The cost of politicising race
The Covid-19 crisis offers abundant international examples of science being politicised. Here in South Africa, the straightforward mathematical calculations necessary to avoid a sovereign debt
Labour’s civil war – a guide for the confused
It’s hard not to conclude that the decision to suspend Jeremy Corbyn – Labour’s leader until 4 April 2020 – has opened the way for
The BEE behemoth
In my article, Racial discrimination: two questions for Momentum, I wrote that, based on the sources I had read, Momentum Metropolitan Holdings (MMH) said it