When considering the previous post on South Africa’s problem with poverty, it is important to bear in mind that this war not only manifests in the form of police brutality, but in other, more ‘passive aggressive’ ways as well. It seems that in South Africa a poor person, by virtue of being poor- gives up many rights that...
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Recently we were lucky enough to be graced by the presence of the omnipotent Bono and his equally illustrious gang collectively known as U2. For weeks radio stations were abuzz with U2 fever, and in good ol’ Bono fashion, we were bedazzled by his political insights and obvious agenda. It’s so refreshing when ‘Pop Stars”,...
read moreA great anti-abortionist once wrote, ‘when I die, I am deprived of all of the value of my future’ ( Don Marquis, 1989). This got me thinking that maybe, death or rather premature death is disliked by humans for the mere fact that it denies them a future. And as most humans plan for the future, the prospect of not having one is...
read moreYear after year, graduates from English speaking nations across the globe are lured to far flung Eastern and Middle Eastern locales. On offer: approximately R25 000 a month, including ( in some cases) flights and accommodation. In return, the successful applicants are required to teach young children, teenagers, as well as adults,...
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