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In the face of fees must fall protect - Who covers the costs when the protestors fall?

02 November 2015

Any young student in his right mind would agree that deciphering Heisenberg's uncertainty principle on a sunny afternoon just doesn’t make sense. Quantum mechanics is challenging at the best of times, but on sunny afternoons it’s worse. Sunny afternoons ought never to be spent in the gloomy confines of a library or study. They ought to be spent outside where the bees are buzzing and the birds are singing. On some recent sunny afternoons the birds were not only singing, they were also dancing; like bees dancing to communicate with the hive, so too, these birds were dancing to communicate with the collective.

Autonomous cars raise questions about liability of manufacturers

02 November 2015

Volvo’s recent show of confidence in its technology with its announcement that the company will accept all liability for accidents caused by its autonomous cars (also known as driverless or self-driving cars) points to a possible paradigm shift in the way motor insurance will work in South Africa in the future.

#Feesmustfall

27 October 2015

History tells us that students in this country are not scared to voice their concerns about issues that bother them. It happened in the 1970s and it happened now, students from various universities recently embarked on a series of protests against high fees and the outsourcing of labour at the institutions.