Blaming the poor for the recent violence is quite a typical response in our half-baked democracy, where all the old power structures and networks and etc remain intact
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Postcards from the edgy
A shocker of a week for some of us, but probably just another bleak and brutal week for most South Africans.
Caster Semenya is not to compete allowed but …
Caster Semenya, a lifelong woman who refuses to take medication to alter her naturally occurring high testosterone levels, is not allowed to take part in the Tokyo Olympics, although Laurel Hubbard, who was born a man, will compete as a member of New Zealand’s weightlifting team
Level 4: what you need to know
Breakdown of what adjusted Level 4 lockdown, announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday June 27, means (with thanks to the National Department of Health)
Being homeless is not a crime
Please sign the petition to stop the criminalisation of homelessness in Cape Town
A South African summer at the Serpentine
Everywhere you look, there is a new power emerging, a more feminine, less prescriptive force. It presumes less and knows more … So too at the Serpentine this summer.
The year when everything changed
There is no doubt the pandemic has caused immeasurable suffering but it has also created a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset our lives and set our societies on to a sustainable path
The blockchain beyond Bitcoin
The frenzy and the greed around crypto currencies has almost entirely obscured the unique features of blockchain technology that can improve the lives of people and business outcomes
A SpACE Time Continuum, interrupted
The Insider’s Insider at Daily Maverick on why we all need to pick a side … and put some money behind it if we can, just a couple of hundred rand even
Making some noise about SA’s silent killer
TB HIV Care is always finding novel ways to raise the alarm about TB, the curable disease that has been the leading cause of death in
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