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2 weeks ago | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Shaun De Waal |Shaun de Waal
ActionSA is crowing about proposals the Gauteng government will definitely, certainly, assuredly get to, soon. It’s rather touching – the trust ActionSA has in the power of the Gauteng provincial legislature. The other day, ActionSA’s website trumpeted a great victory. The minority party motioned two motions, one to do with traffic lights and the other to do with provincial oversight. And both motions were unanimously adopted! Hooray.
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3 weeks ago | 
brnw.ch | Shaun De Waal |Shaun de Waal
Edmund White, pioneering gay writer and influential figure in 1970s gay literature, has died aged 85. Best known for A Boy’s Own Story (1982), he transformed narratives of gay life and shaped the coming-out genre. An activist, biographer, and prolific storyteller, White’s works spanned decades, celebrating LGBTQI+ identity with authenticity and wit. The pioneering gay writer Edmund White died aged 85.
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4 weeks ago | 
brnw.ch | Shaun De Waal |Shaun de Waal
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1 month ago | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Shaun De Waal |Shaun de Waal
Shaun de Waal is a writer and editor. The DA’s Federal Council chairwoman – no gender-neutrality here, please – gives her odious take on what women are, or aren’t.
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2 months ago | 
brnw.ch | Shaun De Waal |Shaun de Waal
The 2025 Franschhoek Literary Festival will run from 16 to 18 May. This year's programme promises bold conversations, inspiring workshops, and powerful storytelling. Beyond the books, Franschhoek boasts charming vineyards, world-class restaurants, and rich cultural attractions. Sessions are beginning to sell out, a month ahead of the 2025 Franschhoek Literary Festival in the picturesque village from 16 to 18 May.
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Shaun De Waal |Shaun de Waal
LEFT FIELD Moronic answers — even blatant lies — are what you get with Meta AI, even as it pretends to be self-effacing. Well, this takes me back… Kind of. It takes me back to 2020, when we were locked down, sitting at home alone eating stale biscuits and wondering if the world would ever return to normal, if you could call it that.
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Shaun De Waal |Shaun de Waal
LEFT FIELD Why have a democracy when you can have an oligarchy to buoy the rich, shun the needy and take in the world’s whitest victims? Ask Trump and his sidekick, Elmo. The news from the Far West was rather troubling.
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
brnw.ch | Shaun De Waal |Shaun de Waal
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
brnw.ch | Shaun De Waal |Shaun de Waal
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Shaun De Waal |Shaun de Waal
LEFT FIELD The ANC aims to achieve the vision of the Freedom Charter in 2025. But did Fikile Mbalula take that literally and feel free to charter a luxury boat to get to Robben Island? At least the rain’s washing away the effluent. Yes, the shit is still running down my street … but the situation is somewhat ameliorated by the rain. Let me explain.
