Dr Leon Schreiber MP, DA Shadow Minister for Public Service and Administration 17 January 2022 The DA will today write to the chairperson of the State Capture Commission, acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, requesting that he urgently consider approaching the Constitutional Court seeking an order of perjury against President Cyril Ramaphosa over misleading testimony delivered […]
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Hybrid warfare is on the rise globally. Could South Africa’s Eskom be its latest victim?
Sascha-Dominik (Dov) Bachmann, Professor in Law and Co-Convener National Security Hub (University of Canberra), University of Canberra and Dries Putter, Lecturer at the Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University – 10 December 2021 Hybrid warfare is gaining traction globally as the preferred option for conducting malicious statecraft in the grey zone between peace and war. […]
South Africa in 2022
By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen, Daily Friend – 1 December 2021 For South Africa in 2022 the overriding force in politics will be the continued decline of the ANC. The signs of demise are everywhere – achieving only 46 percent at the local polls, failing policies, run-down cities, and collapsing state-owned enterprises. Attempts at prediction often fall […]
The new coronavirus variant Omicron (B.1.1.529) and what we know so far
B.1.1.529 has a genetic profile very different from other circulating variants of interest and concern – it does not seem to be a “daughter of delta” or “grandson of beta” but rather represents a new lineage of SARS-CoV-2. The spike protein alone has over 30 mutations – important as the spike protein is what makes […]
What COP26 means for South Africa
The governments of South Africa, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, along with the European Union, have announced a new ambitious, long-term Just Energy Transition Partnership to support South Africa’s decarbonisation efforts. The Partnership aims to accelerate the decarbonisation of South Africa’s economy, with a focus on the electricity system, […]
The Absolute Hypocrisy of Politicking
HYPOCRISY – a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements. GoSouth – 20 October 2021 As we head for elections and the DA boast endlessly about their ‘wonderful governance’, many in the City of Cape Town do not agree […]
Preliminary research finds that even mild cases of COVID-19 leave a mark on the brain
People who had been infected with COVID-19 showed a loss of brain volume even when the disease was not severe enough to require hospitalization. Jessica Bernard, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University – 24 September 2021 With more than 18 months of the pandemic in the rearview mirror, researchers have been steadily gathering new and important […]
Your immune system is as unique as your fingerprint – new study
Albert J.R. Heck, Professor of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University 22 September 2021 Every person appears to have a unique immune system. My colleagues and I discovered this immune diversity after charting antibodies in the blood from healthy and sick people. The discovery could help explain why, for example, COVID vaccines appear to be […]
Don’t think the judiciary can’t be captured
Helen Zille 3 September 2021 “All Truth passes through three phases, first it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, third it is accepted as being self-evident.” This profound insight comes from German philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer, and is as true today as it was in the 19th Century. South Africa is a living testament to this […]
SA health experts have identified a new lineage of SARS-CoV-2: what’s known
1 September 2021 As a team of South African researchers we have identified a new lineage of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19. A lineage represents a genetically distinct virus population with a common ancestor. This virus may be designated as a variant in future, based on significantly altered properties, but first we need to understand […]