High Court judges have now had to step into the breach to protect the rights of residents to water and electricity. Cilliers Brink MP, DA Shadow Minister of Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs 19 December 2020 The Democratic Alliance (DA) takes note of the judgment of the North West High Court that contemplates the transfer of […]
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Eskom Nedlac agreement is a betrayal of workers and the public
Bailout by Stealth Geordin Hill-Lewis, DA Shadow Minister of Finance – 8 December 2020 The agreement signed today at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) between labour, business and government, initially proposed by Cosatu, amounts to a betrayal of workers and the public at large, who will end up paying when government can […]

The ANC has an Achilles heel, its broken branch structure
Keith Gottschalk, Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape – 25 November 2020 Democracies are precarious endeavours, as events around the world are showing. In most, political parties hold sway over whether the system delivers the will of the people, or doesn’t. So how political parties are organised plays a big role in the health, […]

Malema inciting violence AGAIN
Police Minister Bheki Cele says he is disgusted at EFF leader Julius Malema. “He has really crossed the line. You are not going to threaten the police and think the police are going to fold their arms and sit back.” Sihle Ngobese via Daily Friend – 24 November 2020 The leader of the third largest political […]
News, Politics & Opinion

Morning Shot – ‘demise of the ANC certain’
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HISTORICIDE – People cannot be separated from their history
Dave Steward, Chairman of the FW de Klerk Foundation - 10 December 2020 Our history mirrors the … [Read More...]

The CAPE NATION is Rising
The Cape's broad civic and political coalition step out of the shadows The iconic winelands town of … [Read More...]
Finance

Bitcoin: why the price has exploded – and where it goes from here
Andrew Urquhart, Associate Professor of Finance, ICMA Centre, Henley Business … [Read More...]

A settlement with trade unions remains the best way forward for South Africa
Seán Mfundza Muller, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Research Associate at the … [Read More...]
Science & Technology
Mars colony: how to make breathable air and fuel from brine
David Rothery, Prof. of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University - 1 December … [Read More...]

HIV study shows new injection is more effective than daily HIV pill for women
Early unblinding of the of long-acting cabotegravir (CAB LA) is a milestone for … [Read More...]
Interesting

How Science is rewriting Nature vs Nurture
Kevin Mitchell, Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience, Trinity … [Read More...]

Brain scientists still not able to find major differences between male and female brains
Ari Berkowitz, Presidential Professor of Biology; Director, Cellular & … [Read More...]

Is it rational to trust your gut feelings? A neuroscientist explains
Valerie van Mulukom, Research Associate in Psychology, Coventry … [Read More...]
Nature & Animal Chat

Giant ancient sharks had enormous babies that ate their siblings in the womb
Tom Fletcher, Honorary Research Fellow in Palaeobiology, University of … [Read More...]

Metals from urban pollution are contaminating the last forests of Cape Town
Anne-Liese Naude (Kruger), Postdoctoral fellow, Cape Peninsula University of … [Read More...]

Is our most distant animal relative a sponge or a comb jelly? An answer
Max Telford, Professor of Zoology, UCL and Paschalia Kapli, Research Fellow in … [Read More...]
Lifestyle Art

Dancing the TANGO
The exact origins of tango - both the dance and the word itself - are lost in … [Read More...]

Fantastic Flavourful Fennel
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History and Biographies

Muizenberg, looking back
Muizenberg was established by the Dutch in 1743 as a military post on the road … [Read More...]

Sun Tzu and the ‘Art of War’
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting During … [Read More...]