Tuesday, 18 March 2025 — A Plague on Both Houses
Wesley Fryer – Creative commons licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
It has taken a mere 30 years for the majority of the Western World to herd itself into a prison that mimics the mind – the software of a parallel digital universe called the World Wide Web. Epochal technological developments or cultural evolutions are often both gifts and curses. Time is the final arbiter of which one wins – the gift or the curse. At this juncture, I would agree with the proposition that the invention of digital technology and the internet will turn out to be a great and sudden leap backward for humankind.
Celebrations erupt after the Pietermaritzburg High Court ruled against the eviction application in Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal. Photo: Abahlali baseMjondolo
On Iran nuclear issue, Chinese foreign minster Wang Yi (C) held a joint meeting with Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergey Ryabkov (L) and Iran’s deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi, Beijing, March 14, 2025 
By José Goulão
The New Dark Age 
