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Ivy League

Mailbox: Nationality also impacts the admission process into Ivy League schools

28th September 2020

A BizNews reader thought it would be fascinating to research how one’s nationality also impacts the admission process decision into an Ivy League school.

Mailbox: Like Alice in Wonderland, Ramaphosa has fallen down a rabbit hole – Peter Meakin

26th August 202026th August 2020

Peter Meakin, veteran professional valuer, makes a comparison between Alice in Wonderland and President Ramaphosa’s plans for economic transformation.

Fear

Mailbox: SA is being controlled by fear – Lesley Caw

25th July 202025th July 2020

Lesley Caw thinks this is where we are right now… Being controlled by fear…This is an excerpt from Michael Crichton’s “State of Fear”.

excess deaths

Mailbox: excess deaths vs Covid-19 deaths – consequence of lockdown?

22nd July 202020th July 2020

A BizNews community member asks: Is the unusually high number of excess deaths this year a consequence of Covid-19 lockdown?

Covid-19

Mailbox: PANDA giving actuaries and economists a bad name

12th July 202013th July 2020

Jay Koome says PANDA, a thinktank of actuaries and economists, is dishing up drivel at a time when people are seeking to make better informed choices.

Covid-19 pandemic

Mailbox: ‘Shame on you, for shaming Professor Boulle’ – Covid-19 PANDA data controversy

9th July 20209th July 2020

Robyn recently read the article “PANDA rips Cape Covid-19 data to shreds; projections ‘catastrophically wrong’” and wanted to share a thought or two.

Edgars

Mailbox: ‘Please, let Edgars be saved’ – it’s part of who we are

27th June 202027th June 2020

Please save Edgars, says customer Nanette Miranda, who shares how Edgars has been an integral part of, and influenced, her family’s lives.

Inside government quarantine in South Africa

27th April 202025th April 2020

Susan Michael Guthrie says if government quarantine is an example of what we can achieve under difficult circumstances, there’s definitely hope for our future.

property

Shouldn’t the Deeds Office be an essential service?

27th April 202025th April 2020

In this mailbox David Williams argues that he is “stuck at a considerable cost in money and anxiety”, because of the closure of the Deeds Office.

Covid in Africa

Lemming behaviour: How will we survive ‘Covid-20’?

20th April 2020

The question that needs answering now that we have squandered all the country’s economic reserves on Covid-19 is: How will we survive Covid-20?

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