I speak of freedom
T he divine meeting of the class system in South Africa, the failure of our curriculum, the failure for the 2016 matriculants, the...
‘Call it a difficult night’: Book Review
M ishka Hoosen is young. She is also intelligent. She is brave and she is brilliant. She is also very clever, funny and...
Must We Confine Our Research to a Paradigm? Integrating Long-Standing Methodological Paradigms
Long-standing tensions between quantitative and qualitative research are far common issues in the social sciences research. The debate centres on the perception of the...
The riposte of Thomas Paine to Edmund Burke: “Rights of a Man”
This prominent masterpiece written by Thomas Paine played a pivotal role in the history of human being that embraced all aspects of rights of...
Gandhi and potential
Today as I write this the voice of Mahatma Gandhi is inside my head grooming me I think in ways that are imagined and...
A coming of age story
Illusions like self-esteem, self-worth, the Sigmund Freud’s ego, superego, ID, and our body image. Those images are not real. Nothing really of substance. They...
Is Shame Universally Associated with Poverty? An In-Depth Analysis on the Last Empirical Insight
Poverty alleviation has implied an important goal for developing countries and policy-makers in the last century. Recently, organisations such as the United Nations or...
A global action plan on plastic packaging production, use and after-use
Over 40 industry leaders from the global plastics value chain have rallied behind a new plan to tackle plastics waste, which could increase recycling...
25th Anniversary of Patriarch Bartholomew’s Enthronement: Results and Perspectives
2 5 years ago, the Greek Orthodox Church in Turkey chose Bartholomew I (Arhondonis) as its leader. This event was celebrated all...
The Roots and Inevitability of Violence: Ancient Works, Modern Brutality
H istory, as is often said, is written by the victors. Rarely have victors been found where violence does not also follow...