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Andrew Verrijdt

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(Graphic: John McCann)

When tit-for-tat is self-defeating

This strategy from game theory, useful in many situations, doesn’t work for depression

‘I had to find ways to compensate for my lack of masculinity,’ says the writer (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

Dear MTN and Vodacom, don’t dictate to us how to use the internet

By trying to bully services like WhatsApp and Skype, MTN and Vodacom are unlevelling the online playing field.

That’s no moon: Porn gives teens unhelpful expectations

Sex fallacies must be laid to rest

The school curriculum doesn’t cover having ‘good’ sex, so the youth consult their phones.

The Olympics are an international gathering – politics and protest can’t be divided from that

SA should pull out of Winter Olympics in Russia

The world should not let Russia get away with its brazenly abusive stance on homosexual people, writes Andrew Verrijdt.

The internet economy is growing markedly.

Net censorship won’t stop child porn

Local legislators should not follow the UK prime minister’s ill-advised plan, says Andrew Verrijdt.

Teens have sex. Get over it

Attempting to legislate against teen sexuality is just not going to work, says Andrew Verrijdt.

The right to life – and death

However much we abhor the idea, the choice is personal and should be respected

Members of the team who compile the manual are also hired by big pharmaceutical companies

Mental health dossier has more than a dose of madness

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is one of the most important documents in all of medicine, psychology and psychiatry.

There are ways in which teachers can compensate for government’s incompetence.

There is a crisis, minister

There are ways in which teachers can compensate for government’s incompetence.

The difficulty is that the facts of the disturbing story have not been fully established.

Suffer the sense of belonging

Recent allegations about the rape initiation of a pupil at a rugby camp raises the question of why such practices exist in our supposedly modern era.

Apartheid psychology persists in schools

Few people realise how far South Africa’s education system has come since the dawn of democracy in 1994.

Former president Thabo Mbeki. Sapa

Mbeki, Twitter and the Return of ‘The Expert’

Thabo Mbeki’s scepticism of social media’s role in democracy may seem outdated but the fact is there’s a lot of nonsense floating around online.