Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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OPEN LETTER TO THE ADMINISTRATOR OF COLLEGE OF CAPE TOWN
Dear Dr Nkuna In 2023 and 2024 the Principal of College of Cape Town, Dr Muswaba, and his sycophantic Labour Relations Officer, Mr Engelbrecht, fought tooth and nail in an attempt at persuading the CCMA that he/the College had been entitled to reduce the hourly-rate of the part-time lecturers from R386.34 per hour to R152.59…
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LECTURERS STILL WAITING TO BE PAID 3 YEARS LATER.
In 2023, the Principal of College of Cape Town – who was fired recently after being found guilty on 21 counts of misconduct – https://www.news24.com/southafrica/education/college-of-cape-town-principal-fired-amid-governance-crisis-20260213-0933 https://iol.co.za/news/2026-02-18-government-steps-in-to-take-over-college-of-cape-town-after-report-flags-serious-failures cheated my life-partner, Meryl Fleischer, out of 10 months’ salary (roughly R217 000) and also cheated her 6 part-time lecturers out of money they were owed for the hours…
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COMPETITION FOR CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS RESULTS IN THE RICH BECOMING RICHER AND THE POOR BECOMING POORER.
BY TERENCE GRANT The reason the gap between rich and poor continues to widen is that political parties routinely spend huge amounts of money on getting elected and, in order to obtain campaign contributions, have to provide the rich with policies that are more attractive to them than the policies offered by other political…
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DOES SHARIA PROHIBIT SLAVERY?
Saudi Arabia – the birthplace of Islam – reluctantly abolished slavery in 1962 due to pressure from the international community and the United States of America in particular. However, Saudi Arabia – and many other Islamic countries – have never condemned slavery and are unlikely ever to do so. This is because Islam emphatically asserts…
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STILL A NECESSARY EVIL by Terence Grant
Many white South Africans believe that a large percentage of the black population is too uneducated to fully understand the importance of education ( which, according to them, leads to Blacks placing underqualified blacks employees in charge of large corporations, causing them to become less efficient ,make less profit, pay less tax and employ fewer…
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STILL A NECESSARY EVIL
Many white South Africans believe that a large percentage of the black population is too uneducated to fully understand the importance of education ( which, according to them, leads to Blacks placing underqualified blacks employees in charge of large corporations, causing them to become less efficient ,make less profit, pay less tax and employ fewer…
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WHY WORRY ABOUT ISLAM by Terence Grant
Islam seeks to replace democracy and the Western legal-system with Sharia, which reduces non-Muslims/infidels to second-class citizens (allowing them to be enslaved, exploited and dominated … forcing infidels to pay a protection-fee known as Jizya and reserving all important positions for Muslims and ARAB MUSLIMS in particular). This poses a huge problem: people who are…
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WHY WORRY ABOUT ISLAM
Islam seeks to replace democracy and the Western legal-system with Sharia, which reduces non-Muslims/infidels to second-class citizens (allowing them to be enslaved, exploited and dominated … forcing infidels to pay a protection-fee known as Jizya and reserving all important positions for Muslims and ARAB MUSLIMS in particular). This poses a huge problem, for people who…
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THE IMPORTANCE OF BELIEF
I – an agnostic – do not reject the idea of a God of love (one who wants us to treat our fellow man with compassion and kindness and grants eternal life to anyone (atheists and agnostics included) who strives to help his fellow man and make the world a better place). However, I find…
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AM I A CHRISTIAN?
I – an agnostic – do not reject the idea of a God of love (one who wants us to treat our fellow man with compassion and kindness and grants eternal life to anyone (atheists and agnostics included) who strives to help his fellow man and make the world a better place). However, I find…
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