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What are the characteristics of an educated person?98

What are the characteristics of an educated person?

A personal view of the important characteristics of an educated person. My response to a question asked by Weblog.

145 comments    education knowledge open mind
My top 10 philosophy books - the best philosophical books I've read94

My top 10 philosophy books - the best philosophical books I've read

We are all philosophers. This is a very personal answer to the question asked by Ryan Hupfer about the 10 philosophy books it is essential to read.

113 comments    philosophical books
National Symbols of South Africa – 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup African host country94

National Symbols of South Africa – 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup African host country

Explanations of the 8 National Symbols of South Africa, soon to be the host of the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup.

47 comments    south africa fifa world cup
How Transactional Analysis can help you communicate better, Part One95

How Transactional Analysis can help you communicate better, Part One

Transactional Analysis is a powerful model which can help people understand communication, why it sometimes goes so wrong, and how to make it better.

15 comments    eric berne
Ananias Mathe – a South African tragedy92

Ananias Mathe – a South African tragedy

A vicious man is sentenced to life in prison, leaving behind children and other family members to cope with the aftermath of his crime spree

22 comments    crime murder south africa
An Afrikaans poem of identity and the pain of exile89

An Afrikaans poem of identity and the pain of exile

A poem of longing and the loss of exile. An attempt at a translation and understanding.

28 comments    south africa afrikaans iron cow
Indians in South Africa – 150 years of toil and triumph90

Indians in South Africa – 150 years of toil and triumph

Indians arrived in South Africa as indentured labourers in 1860. This Hub celebrates 150 years of their contribution to South African culture.

50 comments    history india south africa
Steve Biko - a remarkable person and martyr in South Africa90

Steve Biko - a remarkable person and martyr in South Africa

Steven Bantu Biko was a charismatic person who eloquently articulated the aspirations of blacks in apartheid South Africa, especially of the young people. He was murdered by police on 12 September 1977 after incredibly inhumane treatment.

47 comments    south africa apartheid biko
Rome is a world - some poems and vintage postcards about the city in Italy89

Rome is a world - some poems and vintage postcards about the city in Italy

Some old postcards set me on a search for some interesting poems about Rome. A short trip around the Eternal City guided by these rather charming postcards.

42 comments    history rome postcards
Writing against forgetting - 16 June 1976, a riot that ended in death90

Writing against forgetting - 16 June 1976, a riot that ended in death

I became aware as I drove home along Umbilo Road and bought, as I did every afternoon, my copy of the Daily News from a street vendor. Only when I got home and opened the newspaper did I start to get an inkling of just how different that day was.

18 comments    south africa apartheid soweto
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