Opinion
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IRR warns of “battles to come” following Ramaphosa’s Expropriation Act admissions
The Institute for Race Relations (IRR) has issued a stern response to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent court admissions regarding flaws in the Expropriation Act, warning that while the president acknowledged…
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We all know what is happening in Zimbabwe – so why don’t we act?
Zimbabwe was once the land of milk and honey. Six currencies later, a collapsing economy,and a president still clinging to power (now trying to change the Constitution so he canstay…
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KAMEELDORING | Eerlike gesprek nodig oor mens se idee van lewe en dood
Dié wat gebore word, sal sterf. ‘n Oeroue wet. Hoe het die mens so eiewys en selfbehep geword om te besluit wie leef, en wie nie. En hoe ons moet…
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MENING | Hongersnood steeds ‘n werklikheid, so ook voedselvermorsing
Altesaam 232 jaar nadat Marie Antoinette van “laat hulle koek eet”-faam se kop gerol het, is die spreekwoordelike brood en koek buite bereik vir ‘n geraamde 673 miljoen mense oor…
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TWYFELHOEKIE | Sulke mense is bitterder as gal en erger as galbitter
Ouma Plaas het ons geleer om nastergal te eet, maar was wys om ons ook te leer van galbitter – soos sommige mense is.
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POTPOURRI | Naam van bekende as roete-aanwysing ‘rafel senuwees uit’
Om padaanwysings te volg met ‘n straatnaam, wat na ‘n bekende leier vernoem is, is soms nie so eenvoudig nie.
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OPINION | South Africa should embrace her own literary dragons
The South African literary scene appears to be rather limited. We have the likes of Wilbur Smith, John van de Ruit, Nelson Mandela, Alan Paton, and a whole cavalcade of…
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Kunsmatige intelligensie (KI) help siggestremde ‘sien’
Leané Hattingh – Pionierskool vir Blindes Vir my, as ‘n blinde mens, is daar verskeie apps beskikbaar, wat die lewe vir gestremdes met behulp van kunsmatige intelligensie vergemaklik. Ek het…
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LETTER | ‘Dear Psychologist, we are waiting for a rescue that never comes’
In a letter, a patient expresses disappointment at a state hospital, feeling forgotten and abandoned by mental health professionals who are failing to provide support and care.










