Saturday, July 25 2020
The Eclectic Weekend
12 GREAT READS FROM THIS WEEK'S TIMES SELECT CURATED FOR YOU
Covid-clueless ANC has treated us with contempt and even sadism
We’re in an unscientific, nonsensical mire where no one knows what they’re doing, thanks to an indolent ANC
Can a struggling firm refuse to refund your pre-Covid holiday booking ?
This is now a major problem as people want their money back from pre-lockdown bookings
Africa’s first Covid-19 faecal findings are nothing to be poo-pooed
A KZN lab’s ability to detect Covid-19 in sewage could ease transmission and identify hotspots
Cyril’s wasted chance: a New Dawn deferred is a New Dawn denied
He has squandered the opportunity to use the pandemic to reimagine a new society
SA Rugby vows to ‘own up’ and address black players’ grievances
It's time for those uncomfortable conversations about systemic and integrated discrimination, says Jurie Roux
Let’s face facts. It’s not about merit. It’s still about racial privilege
No matter how good you are as a black person, competence will be assumed to be white
Selfless Andrew Mlangeni is the classical epitome of a disciplined cadre
His life is but one of many strands woven into our historical narrative, but his qualities richly embroider it
I’ve written my suicide letter many times: SA’s starving kids speak out
Times Select finds out what the government feeding scheme really means for the nation’s children
Lacking courage to tackle SA’s disasters, Cyril’s credibility crumbles
Unlike Churchill, the exemplar of political bravery, our president skirts the pressing issues, playing it safe
Oh, go on, let SA’s very own Marie Antoinette eat all the cake
Surely Lindiwe Ntshalintshali spending R348,000 of our money is justified. After all, she’s an important woman
None of this is news to black sports journalists
While black players faced discrimination, some of us experienced it while trying to do our jobs