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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…
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
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
Spices beyond Cape Malay
Travel and living abroad for nine years inspired Cariema Isaacs to write a new cookbook
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
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
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
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,…