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My sense of Richard Feynman is that his reputation as a towering scientist of the 20th century rests largely on the fruits of his attachment to uncertainty, and second thoughts. These almost suggest a lack of conviction, though it’s precisely the uncertainty and second thoughts that defined his fertile conviction in scientific enquiry itself.
The article "New Race Quotas Need More Consultation" (DD May 17) refers. It is a huge challenge to build and maintain the skilled workforces that less affluent countries need to drive their development.
Both Bjorn Lomberg’s analysis of migration (“Global skilled migration could mitigate inequality”, May 9) and Randall Carolissen’s response (“Global skills migration could deepen the North-South divide”, May 23) allude to the perennial challenge of building and maintaining the skilled workforces less affluent countries require to drive their development.
South Africa must take immediate steps to repair its relationship with the United States (US) in the wake of the government’s disastrous decision to hold military exercises with the Chinese and Russian navies, says the Institute of Race Relations (IRR).
The “curtailment” of André de Ruyter’s notice period as Eskom CEO can hardly have come as a surprise; his recent interview with eNCA’s Annika Larsen contained a number of damning claims that would have made his relationship with the government (that is, “the stakeholder”) unviable (“André de Ruyter to leave Eskom with immediate effect,” February 22).