Shaun De Waal
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Snowdon’s book tells the world about his work for the US government, and how he grew disaffected with what they were up to
‘Skin Deep’ peels race science
This book is an important fightback against the re-emergence of racist genetic determinism
Doors, chairs and what lies between
One might say that all the doors we pass through in our lives are ours. They belong to us, just because we passed through them, or we belong to them
Moz miners’ misery unveiled
Migrant workers faced many depredations on their railway trips to and from Mozambique
I want to pay but Jo’burg won’t let me
My fresh billing crisis goes back nearly two years now
SA’s dirty, dangerous habit
Two books, one political and the other about trade, brings home that we’re a country of spooks
In God’s name you are now an ATM
The prayers of the ATM, which is a different kind of ATM to the one Shepherd Bushiri would like to make of me, are more apparent
Quilled or typed, it’s writ
If we are not thinking of a quill, when we say someone has “penned” a book, are we thinking of a standard ballpoint pen?
On politics and divine instruction
When someone with such a magnificent name, and holding such an impressive position, tells you something, you have to believe her
Healing from shame is a marathon task
Carastavrakis wants to help others and give them the benefit of his experience
The biggest mess ever broadcast
The fight for press freedom and against Hlaudi’s antics is documented by one of the SABC8
Trump pays in messiah money
The Trump coin, at least, echoes another element of the BIN story about the Pilgrim’s Road. It mentions some coins found during the excavations
When bouncers shoot bouncers
Author probes battles of security and gangsters
Dylan pulls off another put-on
As Picasso said, though he may have had TS Eliot’s words put in his mouth: “Good artists copy; great artists steal.”
Full account of Free State skullduggery
The distance between the ANC general secretary’s looting and ‘fake news’ is seemingly a straight line