Cyril Ramaphosa walks out of Parliament after being elected president of South Africa. He now leads a government of national unity.
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South Africa’s more plural political space might bring in new voices that generate better economic policies.
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives for a special executive committee meeting of the African Natoinal Congress to discuss coalition arrangements.
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The plant has been propagated worldwide, but every surviving specimen of Encephalartos woodii is a male clone – and without a female, natural reproduction is impossible.
President Ramaphosa is hoping to create a government of national unity.
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Cyril Ramaphosa sees a Government of National Unity as the way ahead, but finding parties to agree to go ahead with this is challenging.
Cyril Ramaphosa, president of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and of South Africa, speaks at the official election results announcement.
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Having dominated South Africa’s political landscape for 30 years, the ANC now faces having to do a deal with its rivals.
ANC leader and South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, attends an election rally at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2024.
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South Africa’s ANC party has dominated government for 30 years, but it looks like it is about to be thrown out.
Students erect ‘shantytowns’ at Johns Hopkins University in 1986 to call for divestment from South Africa.
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In the 1980s, university administrators called the police on anti-apartheid protesters, threatened to revoke their scholarships and ordered staff to demolish encampments.
Small businesses need state support to impact economies.
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The COVID-19 pandemic did not deter wildlife traffickers from going about their illegal business. Their methods may offer lessons about resilience in crisis scenarios such as climate emergencies.
Contract farm workers harvest grapes in the coastal region of the Western Cape of South Africa.
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Caesarean section births are often thought to be safer. In fact they disrupt the natural bond between mother and baby and can interrupt brain development.
Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand