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Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:19:53 +0000Cryptic crossword 263 – January 18
Pit your wits against South Africa's original cryptic crossword
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Sun, 17 Jan 2021 19:00:00 +0000Covid-19 vaccine will not be a magic bullet for the ailing healthcare system
The pandemic is happening in the context of a healthcare system we have allowed to decay
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Sun, 17 Jan 2021 19:00:00 +0000Covid-19 on the rise in Zimbabwe
The South African variant of the virus is ‘clinically present’, while a lockdown tries to limit new infections
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Sun, 17 Jan 2021 19:00:00 +0000An experiment in what school could be
Two Limpopo principals will be helping to create radically reimagined communities of learning: schools as living systems
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Sun, 17 Jan 2021 19:00:00 +0000Bitcoin rules take edge off crypto-nite
New regulations for cryptocurrency exchanges could boost investor confidence in such assets
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Sun, 17 Jan 2021 17:00:00 +0000The inefficiency of the Gini coefficient
To simplify complex inequality into a single statistic doesn’t address how to accurately assess (or reduce) South Africa’s large wealth divide
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Sat, 16 Jan 2021 19:31:00 +0000Hungry for change: An open letter to African governments
The pandemic has provided humanity with a taste of a future at the limits of existence, as well as an appetite for change
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Sat, 16 Jan 2021 19:30:00 +0000The politics of the Zuma-Zondo showdown
Any move made by the Zondo commission head or by former president Jacob Zuma must be calculated, because one mistake from either side could lead to a political fallout
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Sat, 16 Jan 2021 19:00:00 +0000F*ck this view, we’re heading north: Reliving ‘Mermaid Fillet’
Mia Arderne’s debut novel is, partly, a homage to place. Flashes of Cape Town’s northern suburbs pop up, offering hazy solace to the characters. Phumlani Pikoli went along for the ride.
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Sat, 16 Jan 2021 19:00:00 +0000Poachers in prisons tell their stories
Interviews with offenders provide insight into the structure of illegal wildlife trade networks
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