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Birds are singing, the sun is shining and I am joyful in the morning without caffeine. Why? Because it is Word of the Year time (or WOTY as we refer to it around the office). Every year the ‘New Oxford American Dictionary’ celebrates the holidays by making its biggest announcement of the year.
Get some first hand perspective on the changes South Africa has seen since winning the 2010 World Cup bid.
Jake Kraft looks at one of South Africa’s biggest exports: its people.
What Rebecca has been reading.
Helen Eaton and Dewi Jackson share photos of their trip to South Africa.
Nothing says classy like incredible acumen in wine industry knowledge. Read about one of the world’s top ten wine producers here.
In light of Bilski v. Kappas Charles R. Macedo questions whether speed dating can by patented.
The podictionary word of the week is “net”.
Professor Christian Kay on categorization in the HTOED.
15 years ago Albie Sachs was appointed by Nelson Mandela to South Africa’s first Constitutional Court. Here he talks about one of the most important buildings in the post-apartheid era and the artwork that makes its visitors pause.
Watch the trailer of “Europe in One Room.”
Author Peter McDonald was the first to investigate the newly opened archives of South Africa’s apartheid censorship bureaucracy in 1999. He was astounded at what he found…
Dennis Baron looks at the dilemma of being old in the internet age.
Anatoly Liberman discusses the etymology of “dandy.”
Take the “Place of the Year” challenge and win books! Loot, warrant, crook.
On September 22, 1981 Iris Berger joined Pete Seger and 1,000 other demonstrators to protest one of the most politically loaded events in athletic history. Here Berger looks at the influence of sports on the progression of a shared South African national identity.