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Are we there yet– Reflections on Youth Month 2019
The theme for South Africa’s Youth Month 2019 is “25 Years of Democracy: A celebration of youth activism”. Youth day themes over the years have encompassed a range of topics, many related to economic freedom, some to the youth taking control over their futures and some to social causes such as eradicating drug use. A […]
The battle for democracy in Sudan
The brutal onslaught of Sudan’s military rulers against civilian protesters over the past two weeks is part of a blueprint designed by Arab monarchies to crush democracy movements in the region. This is the third time we are seeing the blueprint operationalised in Arab countries with prompting and support from Saudi Arabia and the United […]
If one of us is not free, then none of us is free
With the LGBTIQ community across the world celebrating Gay Pride Month in June, Social Media was awash with the story of a group of people who wants to host a Straight Pride Parade in Boston, and reading up on them, they state that they see Heterosexuals as a marginalized and threatened group, and want to […]
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Are we there yet– Reflections on Youth Month 2019
The theme for South Africa’s Youth Month 2019 is “25 Years of Democracy: A celebration of youth activism”. Youth day themes over the years have encompassed a range of topics, many related to economic freedom, some to the youth taking control over their futures and some to social causes such as eradicating drug use. A […]
We must be proud of our past, and confident about the future
“Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past” (Karl Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte) On 16 June 2019 our country commemorated our 43rd anniversary of the 1976 […]
SONA should mend fences and make good neighbours
As I prepare to attend President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address in parliament, I ponder over whether his message will mend fences and make good neighbours by rallying the nation around what matters most: eliminating poverty and unemployment. I am also reminded of Robert Frost’s famous poem “Mending Wall,” in which the narrator describes an encounter with […]
INNOVATION
The cost of information
“Information may be power, but do you have the money to access this knowledge?"
Whilst trying to educate myself on the recent controversy surrounding the...
EDUCATION
The battle for democracy in Sudan
The brutal onslaught of Sudan's military rulers against civilian protesters over the past two weeks is part of a blueprint designed by Arab monarchies...
ECONOMICS
Our economy is on a cliff edge
The staggeringly irresponsible calls by ANC leaders, many who lack any market, business or public credibility, for the South African Reserve Bank, the central...
