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Dutch East India Company

Questioning state and corporate motives should be routine
Analysis
/ 12 June 2023

Questioning state and corporate motives should be routine

Captains of industry may appear the benevolent saviours of a state in decline, but we ought to question their intentions

By Sarah Smit
Land, slavery and cattle matter: To move forward, we need to look back
Opinion
/ 19 May 2021

Land, slavery and cattle matter: To move forward, we need to look back

In a three-part series on South Africa’s land question, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi takes a look at the colonial conquests that drove us here

By Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
Spices beyond Cape Malay
Article
/ 26 April 2019

Spices beyond Cape Malay

Travel and living abroad for nine years inspired Cariema Isaacs to write a new cookbook

By Nikita Singh
Mummy’s hung in for a long time
Article
/ 12 October 2018

Mummy’s hung in for a long time

Mumia was believed to come from embalmed corpses’ bone or tissue, but it seems more likely to have been the bitumen used in mummification

By Shaun De Waal
​Arundhati Roy: Brilliant, troubled and troubling
Article
/ 24 August 2018

​Arundhati Roy: Brilliant, troubled and troubling

The acclaimed author unwittingly finds herself in disputed territory but she sticks to her principles and keeps on fighting

By TO Molefe
Ancient water could solve modern crisis in Cape Town
Article
/ 9 February 2018

Ancient water could solve modern crisis in Cape Town

A Cape Town researcher believes the city should return to Table Mountain and the Camissa water system in its quest to resolve its current problems

By Govan Whittles
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Article
/ 29 February 2008

Free State Four: Crimen injuria probed

Police are investigating a case of crimen injuria in relation to a racist video made by students at the University of the Free State. The video, which caused national outrage, features black university employees on their knees eating food that had apparently been urinated upon by white students.
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