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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
OPINION | Loss and death over the festive season
You know, there are many ways to measure social progress: literacy, infant mortality rates, nutrition, poverty, ...
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 ...