Today In Fact, 27 August
The shortest war in history was fought for 38 minutes today in 1896. The Sultan…
Today In Fact, 26 August
The father of modern chemistry, Antoine Lavoisier was born today 1743. He was always going…
Today In Fact, 25 August
Saint Genesius of Rome was a comedian and actor who worked in a series of…
Today In Fact, 24 August
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower…
Today In Fact, 23 August
In the last years of the Soviet Union, Gorbachov instituted a movement called Glasnost or…
Today In Fact, 22 August
Perhaps one the world’s most nuanced ethical thinkers was born this day in 1874 in…
Small steps, local solutions for SA Education
It is hard to understand why every visiting ‘expert’ with an education idea from Mumbai,…
Today In Fact, 21 August
My great grandfather, Papa Yakob Kuenzler of the Armenians lived and worked with his wife,…
There is Enough Food in Africa – Part 1
Food in Africa is such a hot topic, with over 150’000 Google searches per month….
Growing CSI in the Nation Builder Campaign
Growing CSI in the Nation Builder campaign, with Lauren Cloete-Henning and Keri-Leigh MacDonald… [jbutton size=”medium”…
Welfare that Drives Growth
“It’s about the economy, stupid”, was the campaign refrain of Bill Clinton’s election team in…
Today In Fact, 20 August
I was hanging about upper campus at the University of Cape Town back in 1983…
Today In Fact, 19 August
Two famous witch trials are linked to this day. In 1612, the trial against the…
Today In Fact, 18 August
Father Urbain Grandier was burned at the stake in Loudon on this day in 1634….
Today In Fact, 17 August
Marcus Garvey and David Koresh share a birthday today. Garvey was a Jamaican born in…
Today In Fact, 16 August
The day of Peterloo and Marikana. Peterloo was a massacre of organized workers seeking changes…
Today In Fact, 15 August
One of the more curious dogmas of the Catholic Church is that Mary, Jesus’ mother…
Today In Fact, 14 August
At university I stayed for a while at the Catholic residence called Kolbe House. I…
Nation Builder – Encouraging Great CSI Ground-up
While too many of South Africa’s long-established corporate social investment (CSI) foundations, trusts and programmes…
Coolie – Come out and fight!
“Coolie – Come out and fight!” – author Mac Carim on living in SA in…
Nigel Branken talks to Gillian Godsell about living in Hillbrow…
Nigel Branken talks to Gillian Godsell about living in Hillbrow… [jbutton color=”blue” size=”medium” link=”http://jozi91072.podomatic.com/entry/2013-07-31T03_48_48-07_00″ newpage=”yes”]Listen…
Time for SA’s charter schools
We’ve lived so long under strong state control of our lives – from apartheid’s selfish…
Today In Fact, 13 August
What would make a very clever man do something stupid? Michael Servetus was a Spaniard…
Today In Fact, 12 August
Three types of death can use this day. The first is suicide. Cleopatra, the last…
Today In Fact, 11 August
Armenians trace their beginnings as a nation to Hayk, a legendary hero after whom the…
Today In Fact, 10 August
In 1270 on this day, an ancestor of mine was crowned king of kings in…