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Grants have cultivated demeaning dependence

THIS country is the only one that has a holiday and a month - August - dedicated to women and a high number of women in top positions in the government, with their influence growing in other fields. [ Full Story... ]

Fine for some comrades - with apologies to George Orwell

It was Squealer who brought the other animals the sad news. "Comrade Boxer," he announced, raising a trotter to his eye to wipe away a tear, "has passed away at the animal doctor's surgery in Willingdon, despite receiving every attention a horse could have. I was with him at the last, and with his final breath, he urged us to complete the windmill. 'Long live Animal Farm!' he whispered to me. 'Long live Comrade Napoleon! Napoleon is always right!' These were his very last words, comrades!" [ Full Story... ]

Heating up people usually left cold

ONE thing history has taught us is that fiddling with people's freedom, and messing with the media, presses buttons you might never have thought existed. [ Full Story... ]

A human right or human riot?

THERE'S nothing like a good strike when you're not happy with your lot in life. [ Full Story... ]

An open letter to President Jacob Zuma

YOUR Excellency, we are writing on behalf of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (Wan-Ifra) and the World Editors' Forum, which represent 18 000 publications, 15 000 online sites and over 3 000 companies in more than 120 countries, to express our serious concern at two recent moves by the ruling ANC that seriously threaten press freedom in South Africa. [ Full Story... ]