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BELA Act. Kids first, Politics second.

On 13 September 2024 president Cyril Ramaphosa unilaterally signed the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act (BELA) despite on-going consultations and seemingly paying scant consideration to members of the GNU. This quickly saw a displeased Democratic Alliance (DA) staging a protest march in November. In no time it also had Afriforum, Solidarity and the Solidarity School …

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African fine dining and the hunt for a kasi chef

Whilst the twitterati were bogged down on Wanatu, the controversial ‘Afrikaans uber’, I had a dinner to prepare for a friend from another mother and culture, who was – thankfully and with no offence intended – not vegan. His request was, on first thought, pretty base: ‘Just something from your culture, preferably with a dead …

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