September 8 2023

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World Cup: My wishful thinking vs. your balderdash

Prediction: The Boks will trounce the French in the Rugby World Cup final. With analysis by Nick Mallett.

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After 20 years, the ANC has only one arrow left

Precious little to brag about and plenty of which to be ashamed.

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Dickason: assumptions reveal true state of a nation

Welcome to ‘non-racist, non-sexist’ Aotearoa New Zealand.

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The prison of insomnia (and how to escape it)

It's the most common sleep disorder, and there is a growing consensus that one therapy can free you from its clutches.

Image: Theodore Key | @theodore_key_illustration
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Away from the abyss in the spirit of a new UDF

What has become of the ideals championed at the Rivonia trial by Nelson Mandela and his comrades?

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A backstreet that’s shedding its skin

Cavalcade Road has transformed from a melting pot of misfits into a place for generic people.

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Caught between blunt objects and bloody fights

South African lawyer Barney Jordaan on the art of mediation and conflict management.

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The difference between cool and sexy

They're not the same thing, and you can't find become it by trying too hard.

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The ANC’s anti-ubuntu practices

South Africa's alignment with countries that persecute their own is logical and inevitable.

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An ode to a Canadian-African giant

A foreigner who assisted in the 1990s transformation of the SABC made South Africa his home and died here this week.

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A Bridge too far

Bored by Lauren Beukes? It didn't seem likely, but it's happened.

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Alice Oswald, 21st-century rhapsodist

The poet is more concerned with the trace her words leave on those who hear them, than with writing them down.

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From Richard Ford to Zadie’s Fraud

Our literary critic whets our appetites for books that will soon hit our shelves.

LIFESTYLE

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Viva the repair revolution

Gen Z is leading the charge when it comes to giving new life to old clothes.

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Pilgrimage with a pasta machine

The story of this recipe with spring vegetables and saffron cream stretches back to Italian prisoners of war in SA.

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Finds of the week

Here are some products that may enhance your life.

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15 questions for Sanell Aggenbach

The painter, sculptor and printmaker who boasts with 16 solo exhibitions at Whatiftheworld.