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SAHRC will investigate the conduct of news channel eNCA’s senior reporter Lindsay Dentlinger after her treatment of black and white politicians during interviews following the Budget speech sparked claims of racism.
Purim 2021 will be a tamer affair than what we’re used to. While 2020’s festival was the last dangerous gasp of the old normal — replete with mixed drinks and droplets for many — we now know what we’re dealing with. COVID is determined to put a damper on our typical revels. But then, we’ve had a year to practice the art of socially distant events and we are a stiff-necked people.We’ve all got Zoom accounts by now, and so, the reading of the Megillah continues with a slew of virtual bacchanals. You can scroll (get it?) through a few of the options here.
Deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo says politicians have done a bad job with the appointment of boards of state-owned entities.
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches. This week, we finish Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, first published in 1959, with Chapter 9. Spoilers ahead. “It’s the only time anything’s ever happened to me. I liked it.” With everyone tucked into bed, Eleanor creeps barefoot from her and Theodora’s room. She’s awakened with the thought of going to the library. At the tower door, she’s repelled by the smell of decay. “Mother,...
In his recent State Of The Nation Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa admitted that the Zondo Commission has exposed a weak and compromised criminal justice system. Ramaphosa went on to point out that the newest hotbed of corruption, that of Covid-19 procurement, had been decisively dealt with by a ‘fusion centre’ of key law enforcement agencies. Paul Hoffman argues that the planned appointment of a National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council will slow the wheels of justice even further. Hoffman suggests that the council should not be necessary and that the fight against corruption should be...