Down with credentialism   

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You’d be hard pushed to find anyone in the developed world today, no matter how libertarian or how entranced by the polemics of Ivan Illich (Deschooling Society,

A deceptively avuncular affair: the last of the expropriation hearings …

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The final public hearings on the Expropriation (without compensation) Bill (EWC Bill) concluded on an average winter evening in central Cape Town. There were five

Denationalise SA’s unemployed to free them from chains of slavery

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South Africa’s unemployed walk around in invisible chains. According to Stats SA’s 2023 Q1 figures, of the 10 million young people aged between 15 and

Half-wit sheriff resuscitates certificates of need for doctors

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Certificates of need are back on the table for the healthcare sector, though they are, to use a technical term, flapdoodle. About a year ago,

‘Who decides?’ A defence of liberal individualism

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Much of political philosophy can be traced back, in some form or another, to this simple question: ‘who decides?’ This is the question that Dr

What are the alternatives to ruin by the NHI?

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Minister of Health Dr Joe Phaahla has described the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill as ‘one of the most revolutionary pieces of legislation… since the

NHI train smash designed to further socialist revolution

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In his speech before Parliament passed the National Health Insurance Bill, health minister Joe Phaahla revealed a lot more than just an idealistic healthcare scheme.

Maternal healthcare improves, but more can be done

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Over the past ten years, South Africa’s institutional maternal mortality ratio (IMMR) has declined. Maternal mortality is an important issue that requires our attention. Defined

The illusion is ending: this is good

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South Africa’s national mood is now probably at a lower point than it’s been since the transition in 1994. A case could even be made

An amoral solution to the Ukraine War

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The only solution I can think of for the Ukrainian War is an amoral one. It might even be thought a bit sordid. It ignores