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Homeless people are being moved out of acccommodation in Edinburgh to make room for Taylor Swift fans, and one reader is incensed.

There has been much in the papers lately about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence and the real danger of natural stupidity, mainly in politics, especially with a well-known example in the US. What would happen if we combined them? Politicians could be replaced by robots using AI. They would probably make more sensible choices, more quickly and without the need for expensive committee reviews.

A country's prosperity is noted by its growing economy. In SA, the economy progression is not met year in and year out. Where is the labour minister, what is his job?

The government is spending a lot of time and money running around the whole country doing all sorts of imbizos, but none of them is about stopping the drugs trade and corruption.

The new generation always steps in when the old guard fail them. It has been happening over generations, also in SA with the Soweto Uprising of 1976 that changed the course of our history. It should be no surprise that the young generation is fighting on the frontlines against the destruction of our planet and the genocidal destruction in places like Gaza.

I am not much surprised by the audacity of former president Jacob Zuma when he laments his unfinished business in our the country.

When I read about all the promises of considerable increases in social grants and salaries of domestic workers, it is clear that the country will be doomed to fail in no time.

In life, there is information that appears to be simple and insignificant and yet it serves invaluable implications in the most desperate of times. This is emergency information.

What does freedom mean to South Africans? For the previously disadvantaged it means political rights, participation in the rights and privileges of their country of birth and that they can lift up their heads and look the world squarely in the eyes as equals.

By admitting that he "was duped" in being conferred with an honourary doctorate from a bogus university, Zwelinzima Vavi should be congratulated for honesty and integrity because virtually none of such conferees would so publicly acknowledge it.