Are the absurdities of South African politics spreading like a tsunami across the landscape? When leaders blame the media for the fallout from their own improprieties, when organisations think that silencing individuals can right wrongs, when the emphasis is on image rather than character, then I have to wonder.
Water is the world's most precious commodity, bar none. We'll get over the energy crisis, one way or another. We'll continue to grow food. And the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression is a mere blip on the timeline of human existence. But water? Irreplaceable. So when the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research throws researcher Dr Anthony Turton out with the bathwater for making a few provocative statements about the water crisis, the Council has raised a storm of protest. Taking a leaf out of the political rulebook, the CSIR thinks that silencing opinion can protect its reputation.
Help make waves: sign a petition protesting the suspension of Dr Turton and this encroachment on academic freedom. Details of the case are provided at the linked site.
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