For Those Who Can See Beyond The Darkness
By Sarah A. Son, University of Sheffield Squid Game is anything but your typical, saccharine, soft-glow Korean television drama. In this biting commentary on life in South Korea today, viewers … Read More
Christina Thatcher, Cardiff Metropolitan University Ernest Hemingway famously said that writers should “write hard and clear about what hurts”. Although Hemingway may not have known it at the time, research … Read More
By Katijah Khoza-Shangase, University of the Witwatersrand Early hearing detection and intervention is the gold standard for any practising audiologist and families of infants and children with hearing impairment. The … Read More
By Christine Lucia, Stellenbosch University The passing of Sibongile Khumalo at the far, far too young age of 63 was a body blow. Sibongile epitomised ‘the new South Africa’, as … Read More
By Nadine Sayegh Big Tech are now the most powerful publishers of our time, and Netflix should be viewed with the same scepticism as Facebook and Google. As an informal call for … Read More
Winter is possibly everyone’s favourite season when it comes to fashion. We all get to layer up and keep warm. A lot of us buy a lot more clothing during … Read More
By Stephanie Vos, Stellenbosch University The performing arts is one of the sectors hit hard by COVID-19, with tens of thousands of gigs cancelled across the world. While pop and … Read More
By Hester Vermeulen, University of Pretoria; Carmen Muller, University of Pretoria, and Hettie Carina Schönfeldt, University of Pretoria Food insecurity is a reality for many South African households, with approximately … Read More
Public parks have been gated shut, beaches emptied and stadia deserted as an unprecedented 2.5 billion people across the world are told to sit at home. Times are tough. The … Read More
South Africa’s ‘love economy’ continues to grow with an impressive upwards trajectory, with Valentine’s Day spend up 11% and the overall number of transactions increasing by 36% over the past … Read More
