What is Pastor Ray up to?
thoughtleader.co.za (586 hits)How honest is the jarring partisanship instigated by Pastor Ray McCauley? Would another church leader such as the archbishop of the Anglican Church have gotten away with inviting one political leader to their congregation in the middle on an election campaign? Maybe, but would anyone have gotten away with a... More... (Political Opinion)
Will Kebble’s killers pursue a defence of assisted suicide?
thoughtleader.co.za (322 hits)Within the past two weeks we have witnessed the British government signalling a move towards recognising or perhaps even looking sideways in the cases of those who assist in other people’s suicide. More... (Local News)
The race debate is a dead end
thoughtleader.co.za (347 hits)I’m an anthropologist and I study humans and in particular am fascinated by how they see themselves and create often strange and even contradictory things called “identity”. Most of us, and I would argue all of us, actually have multiple identities. And the answer is yes; this does create a... More... (Science)
Isn’t it time to legalize the zol?
thoughtleader.co.za (455 hits)No, I am not a zol monkey. This is not a throwdown from a bonghead. I am not tapping away on my keyboard in a cloud of purple haze. This will not be a THC-fueled rant about the wonders of pot, the miracle of ganja and the salvation you will... More... (Addiction)
Is the president above the law as his lawyer claims?
heywena.co.za (194 hits)Can Zuma Matrix the bullet if fired again? Last week counsel for SA President Jacob Zuma, Michael Hulley made the remarkable claim that “it is against our Constitutional framework to charge and/or prosecute a sitting president’. More... (Corruption & Accountability)
If you can read this, I can prove God exists
cosmicfingerprints.com (218 hits)Does a computer networking expert have something new and important to say about the Evolution vs. Intelligent Design Debate? Perry Marshall believes he can prove it. More... (Science)
Intersex and the law
mg.co.za (417 hits)Intersex has become the focus of public interest because of the media storm around the questioning of Caster Semenya's sex. Our exemplary post-apartheid Constitution of 1996, with its Bill of Rights and Equality Clause, seemed at first glance to afford intersexed South Africans unassailable legal protection. More... (Local News)
Alcohol abuse concerns SAB: News24: SouthAfrica: News
facebook.com (147 hits)SA Breweries says the level of alcohol abuse in SA is not acceptable, and it has developed a number of strategies to address this problem. More... (Health)
Semenya saga simply brings out the worst in South Africans
thoughtleader.co.za (594 hits)Seldom has there ever been such a clear and insane demonstration of hysteria overwhelming reason as we’ve been subjected to in the last week or so. Every two-bit hack in the country has churned out an article on sex or gender testing, how it’s done, and what it can or... More... (Athletics)
Why is Caster ‘our little girl’ anyway?
thoughtleader.co.za (316 hits)Poor Caster Semenya, magically transformed into a political football nearly a year ahead of the World Cup. Suddenly she finds herself a symbol of the injured womanhood of the nation, under attack by cynical and racist white people, both South African and Australian. More... (Athletics)
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