Do young people feel discouraged in politics?
https://www.accord.org.za/conflict-trends/political-fatalism-and-youth-apathy-in-south-africa/
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The cost of disconnection
July 13th 2026 Losing connection to the natural world As technology use continues to rise, there has been a noticeable decline in the sense of environmental responsibility many people feel. Younger generations are growing up surrounded by screens, often with fewer opportunities to form meaningful relationships with the outdoors. Similarly, society seems increasingly focused on
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Introductions over coffee and cake!
We outlined who we were and what our intentions are for the paper and society.
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Blocks Against Censorship: How Minecraft Became a Weapon Against State Censorship?
June 3rd 2026 What do Minecraft and the free press have in common? More than most people think. In countries where journalists are heavily reprimanded, websites are blocked and independent newspapers banned, autocratic governments have long held an advantage where they had in their control the information landscape. In 2020, press freedom NGO Reporters Without
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She’s Dying to Survive
February 12th 2026 At what point is someone dignity, autonomy, self-agency and right disregarded. Answer me this, “when do you think, if fact at what point is a human being dehumanised”. There is a dystopian normalisation of suffering that is occurring in the world, for this read we will specifically be focusing on the women
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Struggles as a currency: how historical oppression shaped poverty’s place in black music
February 12th 2026 When Nigerian artist Burna Boy raps “I’ve been broke my whole life, poverty na my tradition,” or when Kendrick Lamar opens good kid, m.A.A.d city by chronicling life in Section 8 housing, they participating in a long-standing tradition within Black music: the valorisation of struggle. This celebration of poverty, however, is not
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The Ache to be Remembered
February 11th 2026 “What is earth without art? Just a rock.” I find this quote to be true. Art is what connects us, could be a painting, a dance or even a song. They’re all ways for us to express aspects of our being. This is essentially what I will be exploring throughout this article.
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Who gets to call it art? Value, Access and the Politics of Culture
February 11th 2026 To write this article I interviewed the owner of COR gallery- Emily Dymond whose artistic journey was manifested from the early years of accompanying her mother to numerous exhibitions. The seed was planted for opening her own gallery when she often visualised or some may say ‘manifested’ having a space of her
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ICE Under the Trump Administration: A Drift Towards Authoritarianism?
February 8th 2026 Since Trump’s first mandate, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has become a ground of political controversy in the USA. While ICE and immigration law enforcement existed long before the Trump administration, we have been observing a shift in tactics, structure and funding within ICE. To what extent can we apply authoritarian characteristics to the
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The Limits of Justice: Accountability in War
January 9th 2026 Between the periods of the end of the second world war and the beginning of the Nuremberg trials, a select number of psychiatrists were tasked with evaluating Nazi generals to assess their mental state anddetermine whether shared psychological characteristics might help explain their heinous crimes. Shockingly, these men were found to be
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