An open letter to Mmusi Maimane

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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