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A love letter to La Concorde

The office park in Paarl has character, scale and history that cannot be replicated. Developers have listened to the building and acknowledged its story

Is Ngcukaitobi being set up against black empowerment?

Is Ngcukaitobi being set up against black empowerment?

The Bar will invoke the cab-rank rule, which generally requires counsel to accept a brief in a field where they practise, even when they dislike the client or cause. Yet the rule allows refusal where conflicts, competence, availability, improper instructions, fee issues or other special circumstances arise

Search on for next WHO chief

Search on for next WHO chief

The candidate, preferably a woman, should be able to navigate hurdles in an ever-changing geopolitical climate and lead reforms urgently

SA’s moral, technical high ground upends unipolar narrative

SA’s moral, technical high ground upends unipolar narrative

The “white genocide” narrative works inside this wider machinery. It racialises South Africa’s internal contradictions for foreign consumption. It turns a country struggling with the unresolved consequences of colonialism and apartheid into a supposed persecutor of whites. It erases land theft, labour exploitation, racial capitalism and the real suffering of the African majority. It invites external intervention and commercial leverage through racial fear

Rural community energy options amid climate change

Rural community energy options amid climate change

For most households, solar energy is used for lighting, powering radios and charging cellphones but only a few can afford high-capacity systems that enable them to meet household cooking needs

Blocking NHI undermines transformation agenda

Blocking NHI undermines transformation agenda

The reality is that the State is granting subsidies to those who are financially better off. This is what the NHI seeks to do away with. NHI is a common fund that will fund our healthcare needs in both the public and private sector without regard to the economic status of the patient