Saturday, February 12 2022
The Eclectic Weekend
12 GREAT READS FROM THIS WEEK'S SUNDAY TIMES DAILY CURATED FOR YOU
Malema, Mpofu’s deplorable behaviour poisoned JSC hearings
Their unsubstantiated claims against and nonsensical questions for four extremely capable jurists spat on justice
How BioNTech undermined SA-based WHO vaccine hub for Africa: report
Documents show how a biotech giant aimed to exploit regulatory framework to send vaccines from Africa to Europe
Killing the Boer, cockroaches, little frogs — and free speech
Malema, AfriForum should take absurdities elsewhere and leave Equality Court to those who need its services urgently
Kingsley of the road: let’s take a look at his customised Defenders
Holgate has made sure his Land Rovers are up to the challenge of a 30,000km odyssey across two continents
Snakes alive! Dozens of them. And if you live in Potch, they’re near you
Collen Lengwasa and his family’s fascination with reptiles has set them on a path to educate people about the animals
Jezebel and red dragons allowing, the new chief justice should do just fine
Mogoeng, who barely inhabited this world, did a competent job of it, so it should be a doddle for his successor
Maya is fit and proper to be chief justice. JSC is neither fit nor proper
The interviewers reduced her excellence to her gender with no appreciation for complex gender politics
Somalia’s political system is the perfect model for corruption
Corrupt authoritarianism and political tribalism set to overshadow Somalia’s upcoming presidential election
Watch out, world: if Canada can rise up against Covid curbs, anywhere can
Science or not, if the truckers’ protest there is any guide, countries will face growing pressure to remove restrictions
In my book, two is always company
Twins seem to be in vogue again in the literary world, with a number of recent releases featuring them
Eat this, Frenchies, there’ll be no more pink ham for you
France is set to cut the use of nitrite in cured meats. The compound gives boiled ham its colour
No fries for you: Belgians ‘heartbroken’ at rising cost of fave snack
Energy, product and labour costs are forcing citizens to fork out more for their cherished chips