Friday, 03 September 2010 12:05
Its not always what you think
During the public service strike there was one very clever poster displayed on our TV-screens. In fact it was so clever that it was really a pity that the teacher who had her face framed by a hole in the middle of the poster was not in her class teaching. The poster did, however aptly describe how many of us also felt about the strike by then.
Friday, 03 September 2010 11:32
Africa taken for a ride – again
As Mozambique’s capital of Maputo and the city of Matola are experiencing violent riots because of rocketing prices of food and other key consumer goods, a report released in late August by Friends of the Earth Europe (FOEE) warns that Africa is at risk of its agricultural land being grabbed by developed and other countries “with minimal benefit for local communities and national economies”.
Monday, 30 August 2010 11:01
All in the how you say it
Have you ever been in one of those impossible exchanges with a spouse or a lover where, when all the rational arguments have gone your way, you are trumped with those final words: “Yes, but it is not what you said. It is the way you said it!” It is very much the same with the expression you son of a gun!
Monday, 23 August 2010 15:42
Hunt for the “God Particle”
“Worth a read?” is not an ordinary book review; it is a meta-review, which provides an overview of the opinions contained in a variety of book reviews published in the media at large. This week’s meta-review is of “Massive: The Hunt for the God Particle”, written by Ian Sample and released in South Africa in June 2010, dealing with an experiment aimed at explaining the start of our world.
Monday, 23 August 2010 12:24
About cats and pigs
Now that the hype and excitement of hosting the Fifa Soccer World Cup 2010 is behind us, some disillusionment is setting in on a number of fronts. Not least is the fact that the magnificent stadiums that were built to host 64 soccer matches over a period of eight weeks are going to cost us some serious money for many years to come. Maybe cats and pigs can tell us something about what happened.
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Mugabe's zero-sum game President Robert Mugabe seems little constrained by the 2008 Global Political Agreement which established the coalition with the Movement for Democratic Change. Governance in Zimbabwe shows that the rule that “you are either with me or against me” continues to be a powerful force in deciding relations between African heads of state and the rest of the world.
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Its not always what you think During the public service strike there was one very clever poster displayed on our TV-screens. In fact it was so clever that it was really a pity that the teacher who had her face framed by a hole in the middle of the poster was not in her class teaching. The poster did, however aptly describe how many of us also felt about the strike by then.
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Africa taken for a ride – again As Mozambique’s capital of Maputo and the city of Matola are experiencing violent riots because of rocketing prices of food and other key consumer goods, a report released in late August by Friends of the Earth Europe (FOEE) warns that Africa is at risk of its agricultural land being...
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Success? It’s all in the numbers She is the epitome of the essential new breed of South African woman, and a woman who courageously takes things in her stride. Like coming from a rural Swaziland upbringing to earn several degrees and diplomas; being appointed to more professional and business boards than most people would be able to remember; or receiving multiple awards and accolades for her achievements...
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Will Africa feed itself? Africa has a quarter of the world's arable land but produces only a tenth of our food. On the eve of a pan-African conference on food security, Lindiwe Sibanda asks how African farmers can turn things round, and what questions and answers you have when facing the huge challenges of maintaining and increasing Africa's food production?
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