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Amartya Sen

Ismail Lagardien

Opinionistas

Afrikaner refugees may be too embarrassed to admit they had it good in South Africa

By Ismail Lagardien

Ismail Lagardien

Opinionistas

Herman Mashaba and Gayton McKenzie — the practical men and pragmatists are good at hiding ideology

By Ismail Lagardien

Ismail Lagardien

Opinionistas

Self-censorship cripples the writer and places strict limits on what may be said, but we do it anyway

By Ismail Lagardien

Ismail Lagardien

Opinionistas

The pros and cons of whataboutism

By Ismail Lagardien

Ismail Lagardien

Opinionistas

Vaccination blues and the sum of all (my) fears: Life, the universe and everything

By Ismail Lagardien

Saleem Badat

Opinionistas

The Covid-19 crisis: Our winter of despair could become a spring of hope

By Saleem Badat

Chris Desmond

Opinionistas

Decolonising the curriculum, to what end?

By Chris Desmond