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The Cape Town Globalist is a branch of the Global21 worldwide network of student-run international affairs publications. We publish a quarterly magazine with a particular main theme for each issue as well as general feature articles on news, philosphy, science, the arts and anything else that matters. We try to provide a youthful, edgy and refreshingly alternative insight into the world around us. We also contribute content and informed local perspectives to other online forums including Futurechallenges and Supernews.
  • Fracking’s role in South African economic development

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    Just 19 years into democracy, ‘development’ and ‘transformation’ continue to be buzzwords in South Africa. Both terms fit equally well into the conversation around the country’s inclusion in the BRICS group of emerging national economies and the G20. There’s no arguing with the figures related to South Africa’s economic growth […]

  • South Africa and the Ghosts of Marikana

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    Roughly six weeks after 34 striking miners were gunned down by police at the Marikana platinum mine in South Africa, the strikes are over and the miners have all gone back to work, having finally agreed to terms on a pay increase slightly lower than their original demands.  The dust […]

  • Africa and the Great Olympic Myth

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    The International Olympic Committee is certainly not bashful about proclaiming its lofty ideals. The Olympics, it says, is about placing sport – silver platter style – at the “service of humanity and to thereby promote peace”. The iconic Olympic rings themselves signify a kind of brotherhood or “union between men”. […]