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Amazon in Cape Town’s murky waters

Amazon in Cape Town’s murky waters

AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE Liesbeek and the Black Rivers in Cape Town, Amazon (the tech and retail coloniser, not the river) is building its South African headquarters. The R4.6 billion mega-development is on a site so significant it is not an exaggeration to call it...

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THE THREAT OF YET ANOTHER WAR IN ETHIOPIA

THE THREAT OF YET ANOTHER WAR IN ETHIOPIA

The origins and escalation of the Tigray conflict IT WILL BE TWO YEARS EXACTLY IN November this year since the primordial outbreak of the Ethiopian war in the Tigray region. This war pitted the paramilitary group, Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a former...

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PUBLIC TRANSPORT NEEDS LEVEL HEADS

PUBLIC TRANSPORT NEEDS LEVEL HEADS

PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS ESSENTIAL to ensure people’s mobility so that they can travel for leisure and for work purposes. Apartheid spatial design put poor black people furthest out of town, away from the industrial areas. And this is still the reality today. Hence the...

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