Opinion

Plagiarism is the new norm in a virtual world

You may have heard about the plagiarism scandal that hit Bhisho recently, where a provincial government’s strategy ...

Opinion

Era of aids-denialism revisited as Covid-19 conspiracies flourish

When new diseases emerge, conspiracy theories abound. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Aids-denialism was rife in ...

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South African economy does not allow for a phased end to national Covid-19 lockdown

Thank goodness the DA is not in charge of making very difficult national decisions on how to contain the spread of the ...

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OPINION | Labour prospects for graduates seem bleak

About two weeks ago, Standard Bank announced that it would be cutting up to 1,200 jobs and potentially closing 91 ...

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The right to be erased from online platforms

In 2018 I deleted my Twitter account. I was nearing 100,000 tweets, and had something like 25,000 followers (at least ...

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OPINION | Hands off citizens’ rights to belief systems

We should defend the right of the leader of Enlightened Christian Gathering Church, Prophet Bushiri’s followers to ...

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OPINION | African women biggest losers of land grab

With traditional leaders and political movements being at the forefront of land discussions in the current debates, ...

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OPINION | Middle-class water privileges are irrational

Makhanda is heading towards a drought-fuelled water crisis. One gets the sense that our local political leaders have ...

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OPINION | Gender conversation in churches must happen

The saga about Rev Vukile Mehana’s secretly recorded utterances about women ministers in the Methodist church surely ...

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OPINION | Loss and death over the festive season

You know, there are many ways to measure social progress: literacy, infant mortality rates, nutrition, poverty, ...