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Cryptic Crossword JDE 489
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Mashika tracks spiritual sounds
It’s a Friday night in August 2009 when Zethu Mashika makes a call that changes everything. It’s his birthday month...
‘National Dialogue is no talk shop,’ organisers say
But the Democratic Alliance has said it will boycott the dialogue that will take place over nine months, calling it...
Francis Nyamnjoh’s novel a new grace for the old order
We have recently seen a number of coming-of-age stories emerging from various African countries that mark a shift from childhood...
Botswana can escape the hangman
Lesedi Molapisi, a young Motswana woman, faces possible execution in Bangladesh after she was convicted for drug trafficking. Her case...
Haidar Eid on writing about Gaza: ‘Resistance means existence’
In December 2023, Haidar Eid left Gaza with his wife and two young daughters. He came to South Africa, not...
How a geographic environment shapes a child’s learning
Does a child’s future depend on where they are born? In South Africa, the answer is “yes.”We speak of education...
Sorting out estates and wills in different countries is a tricky business
In an increasingly globalised world, it is not uncommon for people to own assets in more than one country. Countries...
SA’s unemployment is not a statistical construct; it’s a real and painful hardship
For the many jobless people in South Africa, the debate over whether the unemployment rate is 10% or 32.9% is...
