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Emmanuel Oboh

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Emmanuel Oboh

New lens: Suburbs such as Cloetesville near Stellenbosch are much more than their reputation as gangster-ridden. Photo: Leon Jacobs
OPINION

Reframe views of fraught places like Westbury and Cloetesville

Look beyond the reputations of suburbs known for gangsterism and gun violence and you’ll find a resilient community grounded in the ethics of care

  • Emmanuel Oboh
5 min read
People who choose abstinence, monogamy or sexual restraint are made to feel as though something is wrong with them. True sexual freedom should include the right not to participate.
DATING

Reflecting on relationships: Is it ‘just sex’?

True sexual freedom means having the right to not participate — without shame or judgment

  • Emmanuel Oboh
6 min read
Deluded : Our belief in our superiority over other life forms is a mistake; we destroy the natural world with our ‘intelligence’. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
ENVIRONMENT

Nature is dead. Nature remains dead. And we have killed it

Nietzsche’s quote is useful as an ecological analogy of the destruction humans have wrought on nature, the very thing that sustains us

  • Emmanuel Oboh
8 min read
The results of climate change have become increasingly impossible to ignore. The alarming shifts in weather patterns and the frequency of extreme climatic events are stark reminders of the urgency of this crisis.
OPINION

Remember what really matters when addressing climate change

We shouldn’t get distracted by economic growth and technological progress because the best gift we can give future generations is a sustainable, life-supporting environment

  • Emmanuel Oboh
7 min read