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Opinion | Things fall apart: What Yeats and Achebe tell us about South Africa
Yeats warned that things fall apart when the centre cannot hold. Achebe showed how societies crack before the final blow. South Africa is listening.
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Opinion | Cape Town housing crisis why workers cannot afford homes
Rising housing prices, municipal tariffs and transport costs are pushing Cape Town’s workers farther from the city they serve daily.
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Opinion | Protecting children is everyone’s responsibility
In the province, more than 43 000 children are currently in foster care, while a further 2 800 children are being cared for in NPO-run child care centres.
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Opinion | Party-hopping in South African politics, when the jacket turns
In South African politics, the jackets keep turning. The real test, writes Namhla Monakali, is whether anything underneath ever does
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THINKING OUT LOUD | Cape Town’s four seasons in 48 hours
Cape Town storms arrive with chaos, floods and uprooted trees — then disappear, as the city quickly slips back into denial.
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Opinion|Winnie Madikizela-Mandela legacy still asks uncomfortable questions
A perspective on how the docummentary of Winnie Mandela revives urgent questions about memory, liberation and South Africa’s still-unfinished democratic promise.
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THINKING OUT LOUD | Christmas cheer in a tough economy
There’s something magical about walking into the shops at this time of year. But, while Christmas is here in all its commercial glory, the money simply isn’t.
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THINKING OUT LOUD | I am trying to be gentler with myself…
We all want to belong. From the moment we take our first steps into school, society teaches us that our worth is tied to achievement, to being someone, doing something,…
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OPINION | Raising respectful children through building connection, not control
In today’s world, raising kind, confident, and respectful children is not about controlling their behaviour – it is about walking alongside them, showing them what care and consideration feel like…
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THINKING OUT LOUD | A Life quake changed everything
A sudden ICU stay became a life quake shaking my reality, redefining my priorities, and reminding me that health is wealth
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