Trump’s extraordinary military budget
By R.W. Johnson The US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has just published Trump’s proposed budgets...
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The last notes in the Barnes-Webb memoirs
By Maeder Osler What follows are the last notes in the memoirs of Morton Barnes-Webb, manager of the...
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SA’s border now starts online
By Phakamisa Mayaba You may have missed a potentially ground-shifting but underreported story that transpired...
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Help to save the birds on Marion Island !
By Maeder Osler The horrifying images below show invasive House Mice, accidentally introduced onto Marion...
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The reparations for slavery debate
By R.W. Johnson The demand for reparations for the Atlantic slave trade has been gathering momentum....
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The golden-hearted petrolheads
By Destine Nde I am often astonished by the creative and positive attitudes of some South Africans. Amidst...
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New dawn for legal rights
By Phakamisa Mayaba The Sunrise Community Advice & Human Rights Centre office on Kuyasa’s main road...
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Why does the ANC cling to the clearly impossible NHI ?
By R.W. Johnson Before 1994, most South African public hospitals were run by a power structure in which...
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Different town, same debate
By Phakamisa Mayaba When, on 6 February, the minister of sport, arts and culture, Gayton McKenzie, approved...
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Declarations of war: national interest versus international law
By R.W. Johnson Keir Starmer, as we all know,  outraged Donald Trump by originally refusing to allow...
International arrivals at OR Tambo
SA’s border now starts online
By Phakamisa Mayaba You may have missed a potentially ground-shifting but underreported story that transpired...
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New dawn for legal rights
By Phakamisa Mayaba The Sunrise Community Advice & Human Rights Centre office on Kuyasa’s main road...
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Different town, same debate
By Phakamisa Mayaba When, on 6 February, the minister of sport, arts and culture, Gayton McKenzie, approved...
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Songezo Zibi opens up
By Phakamisa Mayaba Bluenose readers might well regard feeding off social media as lazy journalism....
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Jo'burg: a litmus test of SA’s political future
By Phakamisa Mayaba Over the past week, my social media timeline has led me to believe that, in the upcoming...
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Engagement journalism in the age of smartphones
By Phakamisa Mayaba ‘No, no no! They’re not voiceless,’ asserts Ina Skosana, hands buried deep in the...
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Last dance in Colesberg: Part 1
By Phakamisa Mayaba With the traffic cops and clergy briefed, and social media posts uploaded, some Colesberg...
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Skaapstertjies at Ouma Anna's
By Phakamisa Mayaba It’s a frequent coincidence here at Toverview: the team agrees to meet up somewhere...
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Mr Rod, a friend in toil and play
By Phakamisa Mayaba It’s Sunday, late February 2022. Not sure whether it’s wanderlust, babalaas,...
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Christmas thoughts about Toverview
By Phakamisa Mayaba Some two years into Toverview: a raggedy start-up conceived in the semi-rural Karoo,...