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The 1986 research revealed that a large proportion of the community members surveyed thought that Wits served mainly white, corporate interests.
Companies must strengthen their boards if they want to survive these uncertain times.
The real value of basic education and criminal justice services in South Africa has fallen over the past decade. Healthcare budgets too have been under increasing pressure.
Nigerians’ capacity to prevent, cope with and reduce flood risks is determined by access to housing, transport, drainage, income and education.
Instead of displaying myths, Samburu rock art reveals real-life stories and is made as a leisure activity.
Struggle songs are relevant even in the post apartheid context because they continue to be an important way in which people deliberate on issues.
Unable to change the country’s vulnerability to shifts in the global and regional economy, the new prime minister Matekane has few economic levers to pull.
Breast cancer is curable, provided it is detected early and treated promptly.
Nigeria must adopt a multi-pronged approach to address its flooding menace and minimise the effects.
An understanding of bird biology is the starting point for conservation efforts. 3-D reconstructions of biological structures greatly add to this understanding.
The conflation of sex work and human trafficking fuels support for the continued criminalisation of sex work.
The African Union needs to launch a credible, robust mediation process with mutually accepted mediators.
There’s an urgent need to put water higher on South Africa’s agenda. Various water problems are escalating at a rapid rate.
Gifts that migrants bring back home deny recipient countries taxes and reinforce the belief that local items are inferior.
There are ‘jewels’ among the piles of ash that remain once sugarcane’s fibrous material is burned.
South Africa’s land reform programme is designed for a socio-economic context that doesn’t exist.
Without intervention, the rock may have been destroyed by high tides and storm surges.
BringBackOurGirls led to a global outcry, but it simplified a complex history that is best understood through survivor accounts.
The future food security of nearly 1.5 billion Africans depends on the actions and decisions that are made today.
Leaders at the centre of the Ethio-Tigray war don’t believe in equal partnership. In their political cultures, winners take all.
Social protection on its own doesn’t shift the dial. Radical economic policies are needed to tackle poverty and inequality.
A study of tweets posted in 2019 found that tweets about elephant conservation didn’t align with the actual greatest threats to the animals, creating the risk that funding could be misdirected.
Nigeria should consider embracing a decentralised policing system as community mobilisation during COVID lockdown ensured law and order.
The new governing coalition enters office amid euphoria and excitement. There are great expectations it will end corruption and fix the ailing economy.