Gambling and playing casino games can be rather fun. According to people who gamble regularly, casino games provide you with an amazing thrill. However, gambling can also be very dangerous if it takes control of your life. Therefore, you must … Read the rest
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Effective ways you can level up in your chosen career and become more successful
In today’s modern times, we want to get everything in just a snap of a finger. From web search results within minutes to weight loss, it’s all about instant satisfaction. This may also apply to career growth. People want to … Read the rest
All you need to know about restraining orders
Love is jealousy at times since jilted lovers cannot stomach the truth that they can no longer be with a certain person, and this often results in them seeking revenge. The aggrieved party can become violent or threaten to disturb … Read the rest
The South African construction industry is ahead of its time
All around the world the construction industry is dominated by males. Everywhere except… South Africa? Although this may seem strange, the numbers don’t lie, and they indicate that 48% of the companies, in this field, are owned by women in … Read the rest
The crucial business advice that you should take from South Africa’s surging industries
Africa boasts some of the fastest-growing national economies in the world, with South Africa having already established itself as the second-largest economy on the continent – just behind Nigeria and its population that’s four-times the size of ZA. Businesses are … Read the rest
How art helped construct Afrikaner nationalism in apartheid South Africa
Brenda Schmahmann, University of Johannesburg; Federico Freschi, University of Otago, and Lize van Robbroeck, Stellenbosch University
In this revised extract from the introduction to Troubling Images: Visual Culture and the Politics of Afrikaner Nationalism, … Read the rest
When Was Gambling Legalised in South Africa?
In 2019, gambling revenue in South Africa reached a staggering R30 billion. That was up from R26.3 billion just three years earlier, suggesting that gambling of all kinds is not only alive and well in the country – it’s also … Read the rest
Soweto — the true story of 16 June 1976
June 16, 1976 was a normal working day. It was cold and cloudless sunny winter weather. At the time I was working as a social-worker supervisor for the West Rand Development Council in Soweto and my office was in Diepkloof, … Read the rest
What Kabuga’s arrest means for international criminal justice — and Rwanda
Kerstin Carlson, University of Southern Denmark
Félicen Kabuga, the Hutu financier of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, has been captured after 26 years in hiding. More than 800,000 Rwandans, primarily Tutsis, were slaughtered by their countrymen in 100 days of … Read the rest
A ‘graffiti’ wall reveals women’s stories from the Anglo-Boer War
About 80km east of Pretoria in South Africa, near the town of Bronkhorstspruit, there’s a rocky outcrop in a secluded ravine in the countryside. There’s nothing remarkable about this outcrop – which has, over … Read the rest
Cuban human rights not so ‘sexy’, Marita van der Vyfer
South African author Marita van der Vyfer has stated in an interview that “Cuba is the only place on earth where communism is still colourful and sexy”. However, according to Human Rights Watch, Cuba is still behaving very much like … Read the rest
Littering in South Africa is the expression of wider selfish – and costly — culture
Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand
It is common when municipal workers go on strike in South Africa to resort to upturning garbage cans and strewing litter around city centres. Their message is clear: we may be at the … Read the rest
Except for Afrikaners, South Africans prefer their children to be taught in English
Steven Gordon, Human Sciences Research Council and Jaqueline Harvey, Human Sciences Research Council
English is only one of 11 official languages spoken in South Africa. It’s currently the preferred language of education and is used in many of … Read the rest