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Month: May 2022

  • Up the Luddites!

    BACK in the day, as they say, I was a busy and productive writer: letters to the editor and opinion pieces in the newspaper, articles in journals and chapters in books, and a couple of […]

    May 9, 2022Sharp Thoughts

     
  • The Fall of the University of Cape Town: Africa’s Leading University in Decline

    David Benatar, The Fall of the University of Cape Town: Africa’s Leading University in Decline (S.l.: Politicsweb Publishing, 2021) IN his conclusion to this history of the University of Cape Town (UCT) since 2015, David […]

    May 5, 2022Book Reviews

     
  • Native Merchants: The Building of the Black Business Class in South Africa

    Phakamisa Ndzamela, Native Merchants: The Building of the Black Business Class in South Africa (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2021) MOST South Africans probably think of black business people as those who have grown rich in the […]

    May 4, 2022Book Reviews

     
  • Views on life in the continuing crisis – part five

    ‘PLEASE consider wearing a face mask in this shop …’ I did consider and I did wear one, but no one else came to the same conclusion. Apparently, the pandemic is over. In late February, […]

    May 3, 2022Miscellaneous

     

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  • Up the Luddites!
  • The Fall of the University of Cape Town: Africa’s Leading University in Decline
  • Native Merchants: The Building of the Black Business Class in South Africa
  • Views on life in the continuing crisis – part five
  • Guns and Needles: A Journey into the Heart of South African Sport’s Steroid and Drug Culture

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