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opinion

Prison journalism: How to endure the winters of a life sentence

Sam Smith
LGBTQIA+

Gloria is Sam Smith’s acceptance speech

Stop homophobia
LGBTQIA+

3 stages of homophobia and why most queer people hate themselves

Winter prison snow
Opinion

Prison journalism: How to endure the winters of a life sentence

Sam Smith
LGBTQIA+

Gloria is Sam Smith’s acceptance speech

Stop homophobia
LGBTQIA+

3 stages of homophobia and why most queer people hate themselves

cigarette ban
Opinion

Calls to focus on more critical lockdown issues than tobacco and alcohol

By Nokwanda Ncwane31-05-2020 22:26

The ban on alcohol and tobacco sales has dominated the South African media landscape since the beginning of the lockdown on 27 March. But what about the more pressing social issues?

the fault in our stars movie
Opinion

Love on the wings of an angel: Set of life’s ‘non-real inbox’

By Onalerona Buang28-05-2020 21:37

The underlying truth seems to be that love in itself opposes our natural narcissism and that is the basis for something pure having so many contradictions.

re-opening schools
Opinion

The issues surrounding the re-opening of South African schools

By Khotso De Wee24-05-2020 08:00

Schools in South Africa have been under lockdown for almost two months. Reopening them, at the best of times, is a nightmarish experience.

The fallacy of regulating empl
Opinion

The fallacy of regulating employment in favour of South Africans post lockdown

By Songezo Ndzeleni21-05-2020 12:02

The Minister of Finance made an “I have a dream” speech when he was briefing the media on government’s economic response to the lockdown.

jub jub uyajola 9/9
Opinion

Moja Love’s ‘Uyajola 9/9’ points finger at South African viewers

By Naledi de Wee20-05-2020 19:28

TV channel Moja Love has constantly come under fire for its controversial choice of content which does not show the best side of South Africans – viewers included.

Crisis
Opinion

Global crises: Lessons that can be learned for South Africa

By Khotso De Wee19-05-2020 13:39

The world has experienced a range of crises including the HIV/Aids epidemic, the ebola disease and now the coronavirus, amongst others. South Africa has drawn important lessons from these in order to address its own challenges.

SA health experts: COVID-19 re
Opinion

SA health experts: COVID-19 response is hurting other health priorities

By Ground Up18-05-2020 09:45

Children are suffering increasingly from preventable infectious diseases, including TB and measles, due to missed vaccinations.

dlamini-zuma address level 3 regulations
Opinion

Lockdown Level 3: Five things Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will have to clarify

By Tom Head14-05-2020 11:19

A move to Level 3 of lockdown is set to take place this month. Well, for most of us anyway: Here’s what Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will be asked to explain.

productivity
Opinion

Isn’t it high time we personalised productivity?

By Mahevash Shaikh10-05-2020 10:30

Productivity has become quite the misunderstood buzzword these days, thanks to hustle culture.

western cape SAHRC School
Opinion

The pandemic exposes the inequalities in South Africa’s basic education

By The South African10-05-2020 08:30

Are previously disadvantaged learners disadvantaged even further during lockdown?

alcohol
Opinion

Alcohol ban: Is South Africa emerging as a nation of drinkers?

By Linda Kaumphawi10-05-2020 06:30

Making beer from pineapples, apples and the likes. What does it say about us as a nation and our need for alcohol?

After the pandemic: Which futu
Opinion

After the pandemic: Which future?

By Mamphela Ramphele08-05-2020 09:19

One of the most enduring gifts from the recent situation is the opening of our eyes to our capacity for behavioural change.

flights plane sky
Opinion

The future of SAA: What will South Africa’s new airline be called?

By Rob Rodell07-05-2020 11:36

Here are six possible names for South Africa’s new airline, if SAA does fold.

woman-typing-computer
Opinion

Online lockdown life could mean end of the world as we know it

By Brandon Mashinya04-05-2020 18:04

Does the technological dangers of lockdown’s all-encompassing virtual world not posing more of a long-term threat than the pandemic itself?

inequality-society
Opinion

Cruel irony: Why the lockdown is widening inequality gap in SA

By Natale Labia04-05-2020 14:50

The economic and social costs of a lockdown are perhaps greater than the benefits for developing countries.

online learning
Opinion

Challenges of remote learning highlight inequality at educational institutions

By Nokwanda Ncwane29-04-2020 13:55

The requirements for students to be able to tune into online classes, cannot be met by all.

ranger
Opinion

Democratic Republic of Congo rangers killed in horrific attack

By Angus Begg29-04-2020 07:51

Twelve rangers and four civilians were killed this week in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park, home to the highly endangered mountain gorilla.

English in SA
Opinion

Read: What it’s like to grow up as a black South African who only speaks English

By Luale Monze28-04-2020 11:52

Coming to terms with the limitations of being monolingual in a country with 11 official languages.

democracy
Opinion

South Africa’s greatest lockdown is its democracy; the pandemic a temporary heartthrob

By Thobeka Gigaba27-04-2020 09:30

I’m not as much concerned about a biological irritant than I am about a beautiful country that is yet to liberate itself from the clutches of those who don’t serve it good intentions.

sandf lockdown
Opinion

Pandemic casts dark shadow over South Africa’s freedom celebrations

By The Conversation26-04-2020 16:23

Many South Africans will ironically be lamenting the loss of freedom due to the national lockdown on Freedom Day.

Why Sisyphus comes to mind in
Opinion

Why Sisyphus comes to mind in my daily struggles against coronavirus

By The Conversation18-04-2020 14:37

Unlike a large stone, coronavirus is very small, and yet our struggle against it is precisely a Sisyphean task.

pandemic
Opinion

Africa’s unique opportunity for post-pandemic rejuvenation

By Mamphela Ramphele16-04-2020 16:00

It has taken a tiny organism, SARS-CoV-2, to get even the most conservative traditionalists to accept that state institutions are essential to mobilising national resources to protect and promote the common good. The fragilities of neoliberal economics have been laid bare.

Tim Noakes
Opinion

Opinion: Tim Noakes’ COVID-19 interview is dangerously misleading

By Ground Up13-04-2020 13:12

Professor Tim Noakes interview with CCFM regarding COVID-19 is dangerously misleading and contains elementary errors.

SA needs to end the lockdown:
Opinion

SA needs to end the lockdown: Here’s a blueprint for its replacement

By The Conversation10-04-2020 15:25

We think a protracted lockdown may not rid us of the virus, but it will result in very high health and economic consequences.

single dad
Opinion

Parenting after divorce: Living life as a single dad

By Rudi Ferreira09-04-2020 07:59

Divorce is difficult, no matter what. But with children in the mix, it becomes even more complicated.

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