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Protecting wildlife is critical to economic development in Southern Africa
Protecting Africa’s wildlife isn’t only something we as conservationists should be concerned with, it also makes economic sense for the developing Southern Africa region. There has been a wave of misunderstanding and rhetoric about the real value of wildlife-based tourism in southern Africa recently, and it’s time to set the record straight with some facts […]
WATCH: The Amazon and the politics of greed
There is only one thing that drives Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and that is profits. He is the worst kind of capitalist, reminiscent of the cowboys of a long gone era who thought it was justifiable to destroy indigenous communities by killing or assimilating their inhabitants, who had no conscience whatsoever when it came to […]
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 of water per day. Most cities around the world are experiencing migration from rural to urban areas, which would obviously have dire consequences in service delivery by government. There are multifaceted […]
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The prolonged and silent agony of sexual abuse
The pain of sexual abuse lingers long after the initial trauma. Like a silent cancer, the memory of pain, eats away, at the victims brain. No pill can stop the nudging pain. It manifests, frequently, as bouts of unexplained anger, suicidal depression and a range of somatic symptoms that is refractory to the best treatment […]
Public order police should treat protesters with dignity and respect
The protests, and the police’s unreasonable response to the #AmINext protests, outside the World Economic Forum gathering in Cape Town this past week, have once again exposed the state’s disregard for the people’s right to protest. The right to protest is central to our constitutional democracy. When a vulnerable community, or a vulnerable and poor […]
We are in a ‘State of Emergency’
The inhuman and barbaric killings of our young sisters Leighandre Jegels and Uyinene Mrwetyana including news of another our young Mazizini High School Grade 12 girl who was discovered raped and killed in Gxarha Village outside Dutywa, sad death of East London Red Alert clerk women Angelique Clark-Abrahams who was brutal beaten by a men, […]
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
Stratcom tactics at play, ANCYL in WC takes on Adriaan Basson
Around this time every year, many public commentators make a special effort to debate and engage the media and the important role that they...
ECONOMICS
The agriculture sector enters into a technical recession
South African economy avoided technical recession by bouncing back by more than expected in the second quarter of 2019, recovering all the ground lost...
