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It used to be easier for people rather than goods to cross borders and now…
Lifes a Pitch
“Life’s a pitch”. Chillibush MD Dale Hefer talks 2013 advertising on WHAM! radio… >Listen Here
Twitter vs Mainstream Media
Top Adland commentator Sarah Britten talks Twitter vs mainstream media, advertising defining our national identity,…
The Poor Back in their Place
It’s tough being poor at the best of times. It’s even tougher when your rights…
A brave spirit in social change
Last week saw the launch of a new social change initiative called “Dignify”. There wouldn’t…
Today In Fact, 22 April
Many great, worthy and downright dirty deeds have been done on this day in history….
Today In Fact, 19 April
Outboard motors and philosophy. My father made his living by selling insurance. It was a…
Today In Fact, 18 April
Gambling, capaitalism and Zimbabwe. Today is funny-money day. Curious that the day after Margaret Thatcher’s…
The romance is over – it’s party time
The romance of South African politics is over. A party can no longer grow on…
Put Not Your Faith in Princes
When will South Africa’s political intellectuals start allowing themselves to be intellectual? Surely the first…
Today In Fact, 17 April
The tiger of Graaff-Reinet. People have lived in Bengal for over 4 000 years. Bengal…
Hlumelelisa on Teaching Prisoners
Paul Bruns of Hlumelelisa on Teaching Prisoners to Love Themselves and Others Through Horticulture… To…
Today In Fact, 16 April
How the lessons of Tobruk and Dresden help Ulster. Today in 2012 Ray Davey died…
Still the city of gold
Given its climate, particular racial make-up and associated politics, the Western Cape might be thought…
Iqbal! New houses, new readers!
Alameen Brendan Templeton gives some free media publishing advice to new Independent Newspapers boss Iqbal Surve……
Pips begin to squeak
Government has real service delivery success in things like healthcare provision to the poorest, along…
It is the economics, damn stupid!
Job creation through green economics will only work bottom-up, says Andile Ncontsa… A sustainable world…
Astronomical Australia
Sarah Britten finds out how costly visiting Oz on the cheap can be… Reading over…
FOCUS ON EDUCATION
Focus on Education. The latest edition of Focus, the journal of the Helen Suzman…
Today In Fact, 5 April
Millions of people can be grateful for the birth today of Joseph Lister in 1824….
Today In Fact, 4 April
Today is the international day for landmine awareness and assistance. So I thought I would…
Today In Fact, 3 April
The spoken word is something that Africans have always excelled at. The sounds that tumble…
Today In Fact, 2 April
I love maps. Wherever I go I must get a map to explore. Maps allow…
Chad Thomas (IRS Forensic Investigations)
Chad Thomas (IRS Forensic Investigations) takes into the underworld of organised crime, tender corruption and…
Our play-play army
If South Africa is serious about protecting its growing business interests on the continent, while…
Bangui: all South Africans know, all South Africans mourn
For the first time in our history, all sections of South African society are mourning…
Burying Mandela
Burying Mandela It won’t be long before South Africa buries its democracy’s founding father, Nelson…
Joburg style: a guide for Easter visitors
Joburg : Despite. A guide for visitors at Easter, and other times. For Joburgers…
Today in fact, 27 March
Mary Mallon was born on September 23, 1869 in Cookstown, Ireland. According to what she…