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So you want a gun?

2013-02-28 14:37

Will a gun make you more secure or will it put you and your loved ones in greater danger, asks Nathan Geffen.

Saving women's lives – and men's

2013-02-15 23:06 16 comments | 1638 views

Here's a Proudly South African moment for you: no other country, not a single one in the world, has a reported rate of women murdered by shooting as high as SA – unless that country is at war.

Rising up against rape in South Africa

2013-02-12 07:20 6 comments | 3678 views

Will the brutal rape and murder of Anene Booysen finally spur South Africans into curbing the country’s rape crisis, asks Lauren Hess.

My fellow South Africans: I am ready. Are you?

2013-02-08 14:10 37 comments | 4043 views

Sexual violence knows no race, religion, status or class. It affects us all, writes Jay Naidoo.

Why Kgalema jumped

2012-12-17 19:43 23 comments | 12105 views

Witnessing political suicide is a grim matter, and the just over 4 000 voting delegates in the ANC’s plenary know it, writes Carien du Plessis.

A big storm may be brewing

2012-11-06 14:19 3859 views

Whoever wins the US election will face a perfect storm of the economic variety - the so-called Fiscal Cliff, says Richard Quest.

He who takes Colorado, takes America

2012-10-26 11:32 7 comments | 4704 views

With the two candidates vying for the US presidency neck-and-neck it is Colorado where the best clue to the victor may be found, writes CNN's Richard Quest.

Woolworths’s action disadvantages white and black

2012-09-07 12:40 160 comments | 11112 views

After reading Ferial Haffajee's article, I couldn’t help but recall the American writer “of colour”, Dinesh D’Souza’s description of affirmative action as a type of “Special Olympics” for blacks, says Ernst Roets.

Neville Alexander - an important voice

2012-08-29 08:54 1 comments | 1062 views

Neville Alexander held views which address present South Africa with the compassion and courage, writes Rustum Kozain.

News24 removes The Spear

2012-05-30 14:18 27 comments | 76 views

News24 has decided to remove The Spear painting from our website. News24 Editor-in-Chief Jannie Momberg explains why.

I will buy City Press

2012-05-28 07:29 70 comments | 6544 views

During my tenure as President of the ANCYL, I have been a victim of vilification and disreputation by many of SA’s leading newspapers, writes Julius Malema.

The historical amnesia of Pieter Mulder

2012-02-21 14:15 228 comments | 9751 views

Pieter Mulder has provided South Africans with a textbook example of the kind of historical amnesia that has befallen some white South Africans, says Pierre De Vos.

Living a balanced lifestyle

2011-12-01 07:51 2 comments | 1900 views

As an HIV positive person, I definitely appreciate my life more. I also understand what it is to eat healthy and to live a balanced lifestyle, says Dean.

Info bill: Why you should care

2011-11-22 08:40 43 comments | 8243 views

You have the right to know - and that right is being strangled from all of our grasps, writes Essie Moses.

Don’t project your prejudice onto AfriForum

2011-10-03 08:15 62 comments | 65 views

Dear Adriaan, Your open letter to me reveals that your criticism against AfriForum is not really based on what the civil rights organisation does or says, but rather on what AfriForum is.

 

Renouncing the Rhino

2012-12-13 11:07 53 comments | 2183 views

I used to like Rhinos, but now I have come to hate what they represent, writes Benjamin Fogel.

It's about values, say conforming Mormons

2012-10-30 07:58 15 comments | 1349 views

Most at the Mormon Brigham Young University are adamant that they're not automatically voting for fellow Mormon Mitt Romney, remarks CNN's Richard Quest.

Open letter to Ferial Haffajee

2012-09-07 14:38 13 comments | 1961 views

Woolworths’s absolute exclusion regarding applications for post is, without doubt, not sanctioned by the Employment Equity Act, writes Solidarity's Dirk Hermann.

Marikana: NPA must explain

2012-09-02 09:45 25 comments | 1942 views

What lies behind the seemingly callous and hardegat treatment of the vulnerable Marikana miners, asks Mathatha Tsedu.

The Emperor is naked

2012-06-18 07:14 36 comments | 4730 views

A reincarnated Hans Christian Andersen may have painted The Spear for those denying the testimony of their eyes, says Njabulo S Ndebele.

Open letter to Ferial Haffajee

2012-05-29 10:26 90 comments | 9941 views

City Press removed The Spear from their website. Eusebius McKaiser writes that political bullying, and disrespect for the Bill of Rights, won this battle.

Anyone up for being the goalie?

2012-05-06 10:00 3 comments | 574 views

Business skills and politics don’t mix well, but in South Africa, regrettably, a practice has arisen to mingle the two, writes Koos Bekker.

The future of the Arab Spring

2011-12-07 11:35 11 comments | 1253 views

Do the Islamists in North Africa have the political maturity and acumen to tap into the rich Islamic tradition and embrace inclusion and diversity into their political programmes, asks Prof Hussein Solomon.

Kenya’s Somali Gamble

2011-11-29 12:00 7 comments | 1822 views

The Kenyan misadventure in Somalia may well prove to have given al Shabaab a life line, writes Prof Hussein Solomon.

News24 comments get a makeover

2011-10-13 18:35 131 comments | 237 views

News24 and the rest of our network have switched to a Facebook comments system. Jannie Momberg explains what this means for you, our News24 Users.

 
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