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Selective memory: There is a privilege in being able to forget history. It belongs mostly to those whose lives were not shaped by it. Photo: GCIS
APARTHEID

Freedom, memory and the curious outrage of comfortable men

As we commemorate freedom, a familiar chorus returns: that South Africa has too many ‘race laws’, that redress has gone too far, that equality now demands forgetting

  • Armand Bam
8 min read
There are growing calls for regulation of the cryptocurrency market
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN

Government-controlled cryptocurrencies could lead to a dystopian future

A government could program its cryptocurrency with whatever features it deems necessary. It would allow states to control what money should be spent on, where it could be spent,…

  • Werner van Wyk
6 min read
When the Fees Must Fall movement erupted in October 2015, the discontent was not just about the fees. It was the threat of being excluded and obtaining the key that would lead to employment
FEESMUSTFALL

SA youth’s tomorrow should start today

Young people want better representation in the corridors of power, a decent education and an economy that guarantees them jobs

  • James Maposa
3 min read