PAP EN WORS We were going to the drive-in. Dad was coming home from work before it was dark, and Mom gave us our bath at half-past-four. She had to struggle to keep both of us still enough to be washed properly. Steve was splashing around so much at the front of the bath near […]
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Don’t look for quick or easy solutions to the Iran war conundrum, says author and ex-CIA analyst David McCloskey. When I meet him at the Embassy Towers in Sandton, I realise immediately what a seriously nice guy he is: smart, friendly, clean cut. There’s nothing sinister about him, and like all the CIA people I’ve
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In a News24 opinion piece, Hamilton Wende reflects on a chance encounter with a stranger on a New York subway shortly after Nelson Mandela’s release from prison. The conversation challenged his assumptions and taught him the value of engaging with people whose views differ from his own. Drawing on that experience, Wende argues that dialogue,
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