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Chaos, calamity and AI
(First published on Fin24) he past week has thrown into sharp relief the impact that the rapid advance of artificial intelligence (AI) is having — and will potentially have — on all our lives, now and into the future. But it does seem almost ironic that this fact has reached global attention because of the […]
Obituary: Blanche La Guma
July 10, 2023
Blanche La Guma who died on Thursday (July 6), aged 95, was one of the most unacknowledged veterans of the anti-apartheid struggle. A nurse and midwife, principled, dedicated and intensely loyal, she gladly lived in the shadow of her writer husband Alex who died and was buried in Cuba in 1985. One of her proudest […]
Bloody start for SA’s newest union
July 3, 2023
(First published on Fin24 and in City Press) Last weekend (June24/25) I sat down to review my research for what promised to be an optimistic column about signs of an effective back to the future move toward reclaiming the democratic traditions of trade unionism. By the Sunday morning, bloody echoes of the past came to […]
Terry Bell Writes 
July 23, 2023
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