When Old Wounds Do Not Heal

And there it happened. Critical Race Theory zealots in South Africa struck the wellbeing of children – white and black...
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When Old Wounds Do Not Heal

Crushed by quotas

I usually don’t mind suffering administrative schlepps when applying for jobs, albeit annoying. There is usually a gargantuan catalogue of...
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Crushed by quotas

The Code of the Windsors

Reading about the ongoing turmoil in the Royal Family and its effects on the nation, I suspect I am a...
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The Code of the Windsors

Teaching Villains and Heroes

The history and lives of South Africans are beset with ironic contradictions. As the saying goes: the more things change,...
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Teaching Villains and Heroes

When Sticks and Stones Break Bones: The Case of Professor BM Mayosi

This article is dedicated to late Professor BM Mayosi. At South African tertiary institutions, all employees – both black and...
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When Sticks and Stones Break Bones:  The Case of Professor BM Mayosi

Pay gaps don’t justify strike action

An academic's view on why the UCU is wrong to use 'pay gaps' to justify strike action I will not...
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I Feel Lucky to be Foreign

For some among us, there comes a time when we realise our teenage convictions were somewhat misguided. We discover that...
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I Feel Lucky to be Foreign

Pretences

Anyone who has read me knows full well that I can't bear the identitarian politics bandwagon and increasingly I've been...
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Pretences

Gareth Southgate and identity politics

The England manager is the best since Sir Alf Ramsey but his flirtation with identity politics is a problem and...
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Will Medical Research Learn from the CRED Report?

Medical research seldom shoulders the burden of such hope and faith as it does today. Widely considered to be our...
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Will Medical Research Learn from the CRED Report?