Koeberg and Chernobyl

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Could the Chernobyl accident happen at Koeberg? The answer is a definite ‘No’, and it is important to know why. The question is topical in

The people have no vision

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‘Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained, but happy is he who keeps the law.’ – Proverbs 29:18 A vision of the future,

Why growth is a means to an end

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The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) finds itself in agreement with almost all of the recommendations Professor Adam Habib’s twitter feed directed towards the leadership

Forging ahead with EWC under a ‘reformer’ president

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Among the many promises made by President Cyril Ramaphosa in the ANC’s 8th January anniversary statement was a pledge to ‘provide land to those who

The costs of our endless wrestling

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Just over two years ago, I began an article with a fragment from a 1973 Philip Larkin poem, a sketch from another time, as I

Council for Medical Schemes shows its hand in low-cost benefits ruling

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In early December, the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) published a circular prohibiting South African medical aids from offering Low-Cost Benefit Options to low-income market

Richard Maponya would have had to battle the ANC too

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In his tribute to Richard Maponya, the doyen of black business who died earlier this month, Cyril Ramaphosa said he “was of that rare breed

The gambler’s dilemma

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I’m not a regular visitor to casinos. However, like many South Africans no doubt, I have been lured at some time in the past to

Trouble in the Middle East

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Every year, astrologers and fortune tellers, drawing on supernatural powers, make this prediction for the New Year: “There’s going to be trouble in the Middle

Cricket, race, and obsessions

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If anyone thought 2020 would be the year when South Africans stopped being obsessed about race, they were wrong. The year began with more arguments