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The future of our cities
In Singapore, there are automated meter readers and drones to detect infectious diseases, autonomous cars, assistive robots in healthcare; and one can travel with ease through the city’s train and bus system with contactless payments. In fact, Singapore has a Digital Government Blueprint, which outlines how the government will better deliver public services through the […]
Busting corruption starts with ordinary folk
One of the many things that was often a cause of intrigue living among the Chinese people was their ability to follow instruction. Frequently this was a cause of conflict between locals and foreigners especially. In the mind of the foreigner, the Chinese person was simply unreasonable for not allowing space to manoeuvre and compromise. […]
Cruel and heartless action by City of Cape Town
It must take a certain level of cruelty to evict people from their shelters on a cold Cape winter’s morning. Surely, even Lady Justice, blind as she may be, would advocate some show of mercy. The cruel City of Cape Town decided on a wet June winter’s morning to evict and destroy the shelters of […]
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Tsitsi Dangarembga and the politics of identity
When I was a PhD student at Cambridge in 2000, The Economist had a cover article titled Hopeless Continent. It was a humiliating article that cited the wars in Sierra Leone, floods in Mozambique and land invasions in Zimbabwe. As a proud African, I found it difficult to wake up that day and face anyone. […]
Private sector participation can salvage the ailing land reform programme
Indifference or apathy by the private sector in contributing to the land reform programme could unwittingly result in the once flourishing agricultural sector turning into a barren wasteland. This would have devastating political, social and economic repercussions that would haunt South Africa for generations, cautions the Vumelana Advisory Fund, a non-profit organisation that works with […]
Do we have a culture of violence in South Africa?
The recent events in Senekal in the Eastern Free State have, for the umpteenth time, thrust the related issues of farm murders, racial tension, violent crime, and the responses of political leaders to these issues on the national agenda. The latest outrage was sparked by the murder of farm manager Brendin Horner. On Tuesday 6 October 2020, demonstrators – […]
INNOVATION
Is 2020 the year Africa takes charge of its destiny?
Does 2020 mark the year Africa steps into its stride and takes charge of its destiny in the 21st century?
While we’re still dealing with...
EDUCATION
South Africa has a good alcohol policy – it just needs...
Since early 2020, South Africa and other countries confronting the Covid-19 pandemic have imposed extraordinary controls over the sale and consumption of alcohol. In...
ECONOMICS
South Africa has a good alcohol policy – it just needs...
Since early 2020, South Africa and other countries confronting the Covid-19 pandemic have imposed extraordinary controls over the sale and consumption of alcohol. In...
