Health; “A state of complete physical, mental and social well being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” This is how the world health organization (WHO) has defined HEALTH in a preamble to the constitution of the WHO in 1946. I don’t think the WHO...
Essential Voices
What is Essential Voices
Starting the important national conversations, South Africa’s Essential Voices speak out here.
No country for any women
The month of August is a month that is dedicated to the commemoration of women, in particular the heroes of 1956. However, it is also a month that really puts the spotlight on the current state of women in South Africa. Which, statistically speaking, is a state of...
Time to look at South Africa as it is, rather than how we would like it to be
The motto “!ke e: /xarra //ke” appears on the South African National Coat of Arms, which is a /Xam expression that translates to “diverse people unite”. For more than a century the diverse variety of peoples – who have congregated over the ages at the southern tip of...
Harnessing an authentic South Africanism
Creating a unified South Africa has been on the agenda of liberals for a century and (ostensibly) on that of the South African government since 1994. This ideal has been illusive, particularly considering how government has been trying to attain this end through force...