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Five minutes of fame in the spotlight of victimhood is all some people need
If we want to defend freedom, we should be able to tell the difference between the real threats which face it and those which some of us invent.
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Armed Response: Local comedy with a bite
It’s been a helluva week in South African news. More evidence on Nkandla, Helen Zille going nuclear on The New Age, the SABC’s failure to secure live broadcast rights to the Proteas’ Test series against Pakistan – it’s enough to bring you down.
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Varsity ‘rules’ that stymie students
Nomusa Mthethwa’s incredulous questioning of her experiences at a South African university (“How could I have failed varsity?”, Mail & Guardian, January 11-17) calls into question the commonplace assumption that the quality of schooling is all-important in predicting success in higher education.
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Matrics given boost before big university leap
The SA Education and Environment Project's bridging year programme has given a few matrics the chance to succeed in their first year of varsity.
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Sky really is the limit: the lowdown on Alex Crawford's reporting
Earlier this month, Alex Crawford of Sky News ran a report claiming that Eastern Cape women were deliberately drinking alcohol during pregnancy in order to subsequently claim a disability grant for the child.
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