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Criminals are running amok in SA
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the latest crime statistics show that the situation in South Africa is “quite bad.” Speaking in Johannesburg at the weekend, Ramaphosa said: “We cannot be a lawless country. We cannot be a country where lawlessness just happens, just willy nilly, where anybody just does what they like.” The President is spot on! […]
The violence that may be our worst enemy
Let there be no doubt at all that South Africans are among the most violent people in the world. In every form of violence, we have among the most shocking statistics in the world, whether it is about murders, rapes, domestic violence, labour strikes, township protests or student unrest. In this regard we are in […]
The social development crisis in the Western Cape
The plight of the homeless in our communities was recently highlighted when ridiculous fines were meted out against them for sleeping on side walks and in public areas. These people are often invisible to the majority of us. According to statistics from the Street People’s Forum, there are almost 8000 homeless people living in the […]
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The truth about xenophobia in South Africa
The view that someone is a threat because of their being a foreigner, and should therefore be pushed out of an organisation, and out of the country, is based on fear. Such fear may be understandable because unemployment is very high in South Africa, and it is also fair that South Africans expect the government […]
A vacuum of leadership
The rainy summer’s evening came as a relief to the soaring temperatures we had been experiencing in the bustling Beijing. A group of Africans from South Africa, in the main, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and even the United States had gathered in a small apartment with umngqusho on the menu. We met at 9pm, the only […]
The importance of arbitration in today’s workplace
African arbitration practitioners are greatly under-represented in a number of arbitration matters in the African region. However, all is not lost, arbitration is undoubtedly growing as a mechanism for the resolution of domestic and cross-border commercial disputes in Africa. The process of dispute resolution outside the state-sponsored system of litigation is not new, and indeed […]
INNOVATION
Use new technology to address the water crises in SA
Cape Town experienced water shortages in September 2018; the City was forced to introduce measures which would force the residents to use certain litres...
EDUCATION
South Africans are not Xenophobic
The term xenophobia itself is problematic when trying to explain and express how South Africans conduct themselves when reacting and responding to circumstances they...
ECONOMICS
The Congolese Conflicts: Role and Interest of Superpowers
Literature on United Nations (UN) peacekeeping has grown immensely since the end of the cold war, and a plethora of studies, have examined the...
