South Africa's new finance minister postpones tough decisions

Oct 29, 2018 19:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

South African finance minister Tito Mbowenis 2018 medium-term budget policy statement brought no surprises. Standing before the National Assembly on Wednesday 24 October, Mboweni presented the Natural Treasurys fiscal...

How the apartheid regime burnt books -- in their tens of thousands

Oct 29, 2018 19:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views

On the advice of the State Librarian one fine day in the 1970s, a truck transported thousands of books and magazines from Pretorias Central Police Station to a dark hall at the Iscor state steel company, just outside the...

Brexit diet could lead to 5,600 deaths a year as fresh fruit and veg prices shoot up

Oct 29, 2018 19:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Britain is highly dependent on imported food. By value, imports make up more than 90% of the fruit and vegetables consumed in the UK and half of the meat. Brexit is expected to increase trade costs and make food imports...

Your job might disappear, but don't blame artificial intelligence for that

Oct 29, 2018 19:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

When we talk about the jobs at risk, artificial intelligence is often seen as the main threat. However, this technology is still at its very beginning, while a lot of jobs are already transforming and even disappearing....

Dental tourism: things to consider before going that extra mile for your smile

Oct 29, 2018 19:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business

Australians spend up to A$300 million each year on health-care costs abroad. As part of this phenomenon, each year around 15,000 of us are travelling overseas for cosmetic surgery tourism, including dental...

The best way to boost the economy is the best way to improve the lives of disadvantaged students

Oct 29, 2018 19:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

What if we had an opportunity to double the size of the tourism industry, or to quadruple the size of the beef industry, or to boost the economy by more than any of the presently proposed tax switches? What if we could...

Why Australia needs a Religious Discrimination Act

Oct 29, 2018 19:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

The Ruddock review on Religious Freedom has recommended the creation of a Religious Discrimination Act as part of its 20 recommendations. Some have argued there is no pressing need for a Religious Discrimination Act....