Student life, Limewire and dirty diamonds

In our latest roundup of fresh opinion, Debbie Liebenberg takes a trip down memory lane with her hilarious memories of life as a UCT student. Graham Pote takes a look at the struggling South African music industry and urges consumers to buy it instead of nicking it off Limewire.

Jake turns to the situation in Iran [...]

By The Soapbox

In our latest roundup of fresh opinion, Debbie Liebenberg takes a trip down memory lane with her hilarious memories of life as a UCT student. Graham Pote takes a look at the struggling South African music industry and urges consumers to buy it instead of nicking it off Limewire.

Jake turns to the situation in Iran asking why the gross violation of the rights of the Iranian people should be allowed to continue. Lastly, Alex Matthews, editor of The Soapbox, describes the massacres and forced labour that haunt Zimbabwe’s diamond fields.

We hope you enjoy these dispatches from young South Africans across the country. Don’t forget this is your Soapbox — so stand up, take a bow and submit an opinion piece on something you feel strongly about here.

Happy reading!

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