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Jonathan Jansen

Columnist at Sunday Times

Columnist at The Herald Port Elizabeth

Columnist at TimesLIVE

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  • Lekgotlas, imbizos, national dialogue - all symbolic politics pretending to give people a voice

    1 week ago | theherald.co.za | Jonathan Jansen |Antonio Muchave

    Lekgotlas, imbizos, national dialogue — all symbolic politics pretending to give people a voice “Imagine your house is one fire,” one of Nelson Mandela’s trusted advisers asked me this week. “Does the neighbourhood watch come over and say, ‘hey, let’s have a national dialogue about the problem. No, you put out the damn fire!’”..

  • JONATHAN JANSEN | Sure, let’s talk while the house burns - the same talk we’ve had many times

    1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Jonathan Jansen

    JONATHAN JANSEN | Sure, let’s talk while the house burns — the same talk we’ve had many times Why would the president, a smart man, do something that seems so dumb? 19 June 2025 - 04:30 “Imagine your house is on fire,” one of Nelson Mandela’s trusted advisers asked me this week. “Does the neighbourhood watch come over and say, ‘hey, let’s have a national dialogue about the problem? No, you put out the damn fire!’”..

  • How to boost reading and numeracy skills - without teachers

    2 weeks ago | theherald.co.za | Jonathan Jansen

    How to boost reading and numeracy skills — without teachers I have come to the unhappy conclusion that in the short-term, the best way to boost reading and numeracy skills in the foundation years is to bypass teachers. McKinsey’s famous dictum that the quality of a school cannot exceed the quality of its teachers was made before the advent of revolutionary technologies in education; it can...

  • JONATHAN JANSEN | Sorry to teachers out there, but AI tutors are a worthy investment

    2 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Jonathan Jansen

    JONATHAN JANSEN | Sorry to teachers out there, but AI tutors are a worthy investment AI as a solution to our education woes still leaves human educators with the option to adapt 12 June 2025 - 04:30 I have come to the unhappy conclusion that in the short term, the best way to boost reading and numeracy skills in the foundation years is to bypass teachers.

  • Donald Trump fiasco exposes white racists

    3 weeks ago | theherald.co.za | Jonathan Jansen |Kevin Lamarque

    Donald Trump fiasco exposes white racists If you paid any attention, there was a lot we learnt about white South Africans from the saga of the so-called Afrikaner refugees trekking to America. For a country that is hypersensitive to the mere mention of the R word, we discovered what our white brothers and sisters really think about race and restitution 30 years into our democracy. For this I would like to thank Donald Trump...

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