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Category Archives: Columns
Covid-19 vaccine: As usual, South Africa got its wires crossed
The Government announced the temporary suspension of the rollout of its J&J Vaccine programme this week. It was an odd thing to do.
When the price for journalism becomes too high
Easter Monday marked the 10th anniversary of the death of Anton Hammerl.
Cyril Ramaphosa isn’t the Grinch that stole the Easter weekend
Simply imposing blanket bans, might delight Bheki Cele and the other nanny-knows-best types in the cabinet, but all it does is guarantee bad behaviour as everyone either stocks up on booze or WhatsApp’s the neighbourhood bootlegger.
President Ramaphosa at the State Capture Inquiry: It’s going to be lit. Or will it?
So, after much gnashing of teeth and harrumphing.
A year in lockdown: The new normal is no closer than it ever was
In the old days, the suburban daggakoppe used to buy their bankies on petrol station forecourts, but suddenly blue-rinsed gogos were getting their illicit fags the same way.
Week of the blood and gore sideshow
How do you manage bad news, or no news?
Painful consequences for the seven deadly sins on social media
There seems to be some sort of cognitive dissonance, as if social media is a safe space with no recriminations nor consequences.
After 15 years of evasion, Zuma will finally get his day in the dock
He’ll be tried for the same crime of corruption that his erstwhile financial adviser Schabir Shaik was charged with and then sentenced to 15 years in jail by Judge Hilary Squires.
For a celebrated purveyor of truth, Jacques Pauw lied to suit his own narrative
There’s an old adage in journalism; when you get it wrong, apologise quickly, prominently and sincerely.
Kevin Ritchie 