The 1820 Settler Monument in Makhanda, Eastern Cape, commemmorates the arrival of 5,000 British colonial settlers.
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It is not hard to see the roots of 20th century apartheid policies in the legacy of the British settlers.
A radio announcer at work.
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News-making practices in private radio broadcasting in Ghana need a re-think.
Ugandan activist and writer Stella Nyanzi outside a Kampala court after a ruling in her favour against President Yoweri Museveni
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When protesters strip naked to amplify their political voice, it is often a last resort within very restrictive regimes.
Social solidarity networks have an edge over government: speed, innovation, and local responsiveness.
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More effort must go into building synergies between emergent local efforts and the government response.
Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi is arrested during a protest in Nairobi in 2014.
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Non-traditional storytellers are challenging customary journalistic practices by giving ordinary people a chance to control the news narrative.
Tanzanian President John Magufuli waves as he attends a ceremony marking the country’s 58th independence anniversary in 2019.
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His COVID-19 response has thrown the negative aspects of his presidency into sharp relief.
President Donald Trump has been widely slammed for mishandling the COVID-19 crisis, costing the US dearly.
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Some of the worst health performers in recent weeks have been ‘First World’.
Abuses by police and the army point to the need for citizens to be involved in security and other crisis response measures
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Ramaphosa’s call for a new social compact will fall on deaf ears unless there are some fundamental changes to the way in which the pandemic is being managed.
A military officer distributes maize flour in Kampala, Uganda, where the urban poor have been affected by the lockdown.
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The relationship between the country’s security forces and the civilian population has always been uneasy.
Refugees who fled xenophobic attacks recently protested in Cape Town demanding to be sent elsewhere.
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The policy and law applying to refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa is largely progressive. But, in practice, they continue to endure hardship and unfair treatment by officials.
Rains regularly displace thousands in Africa.
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Communities prepare better for flood disasters when they have been actively involved in communicating information.
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False information about the new coronavirus is a big threat to containing the pandemic but governments must not use ‘fake news’ as an excuse to limit freedom of expression.
Guillaume Soro’s conviction is seen as an attempt to exclude him from the presidential elections scheduled for late October.
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It remains to be seen whether the former rebel commander and national assembly speaker will accept his situation or fight to capture the presidency.
A police officer at a 24-hour roadblock in Cape Town, South Africa after the country went into lockdown.
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It is rare for a post-authoritarian society to get two chances to reconcile. This may be just that, for white South Africans in particular.
To meet the needs of its youthful population, African businesses must expand and governments must invest in infrastructure.
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A blanket solution to Africa’s debt burden risks costing African countries dearly in terms of access to international capital markets and the relatively lower cost of borrowing.
Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence suffer trauma that lasts long beyond medical crises.
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During epidemics, the measures taken to protect populations and to keep health systems afloat leave women and girls vulnerable to violence.
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May 7, 2020
Robert (Bob) Scholes , University of the Witwatersrand ; Albertus J. Smit , University of the Western Cape ; Francois Alwyn Engelbrecht , University of the Witwatersrand ; Guy Franklin Midgley , Stellenbosch University ; Jennifer Fitchett , University of the Witwatersrand ; Neville Sweijd , Applied Centre for Climate and Earth Systems Science ; Pedro M.S. Monteiro , Council for Scientific and Industrial Research , and Pravesh Debba , Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
The science to policy process that was developed to guide climate mitigation decisions can be applied to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, without having to be reinvented.
Social grant recipients rally outside parliament in Cape Town calling for increases to grant rates in 2017.
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To begin to deal with South Africa’s persistent poverty, high unemployment, and the economic aftermath of the pandemic, grant increases must remain in place after the six month period.
Workers from Kinross Gold Mine, South Africa.
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The threat posed by COVID-19 on mines is considerable. The main reasons are cramped working conditions underground, transportation in packed cages, and a high incidence of other respiratory diseases.
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In trying to suppress the cannabis market in 1923, the government accidentally helped to form an impressive illegal cannabis economy.