Sunday afternoon in 1990. 11 February in Port Elizabeth. The height of summer, just after schools have returned for the start of the year. The wind howls as the air tears down […]
Remembering Nelson Mandela: the origins of hope and despair
Scroguely Interview: Dr David Baltimore and the Nelson Mandela Science Lecture
As Dr David Baltimore rose to speak a smoke and thunder of voices rattled the doors at the back of the Great Hall at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Protestors […]
“Be sure, we will be watching you,” the other GB and the pursuit of social justice
Evolutionary pressure is stimulated by great events. Cataclysms, in particular, let the strongest shine. South Africa has, for centuries, been the social equivalent of a violent tidal coastline filled with danger and […]
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