The farmers’ predicament can’t be viewed in isolation and must be understood within the context of global processes beyond their control.
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The state controls and regulates small farmers’ environmental practices without addressing what forces them to follow these practices.
Mpho Phalatse, mayor of Johannesburg.
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Parties must forego ideological rigidity and compromise for the common good, says Mpho Phalatse about making coalitions work.
Knowledge about groundwater is scarce in some countries, and most development is informal and limited to shallow use.
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Groundwater has the potential to support broad economic, humanitarian and social development in sub-Saharan Africa, as it has in other regions globally.
As one of the UK’s 11 core cities, Nottingham lags behind its European counterparts.
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If the UK government is serious about levelling up the country, granting its second-tier cities more political and financial independence would be a good place to start.
Representatives at the AU-EU Summit in Brussels.
Bolder action is needed if the African Union and the European Union are to find common ground on migration.
Thousands of people have fled inter-ethnic clashes in northern Cameroon.
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The failures of nominally elected governments has denied leaders - as well as the democratic system - a vanguard popular constituency.
Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has undertaken several anti-corruption projects.
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Corruption must be made a high-risk enterprise so that when offenders are caught, the laws will be enforced
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah speaks after submitting his candidacy papers for the presidential election last November. The poll was postponed.
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The biggest challenge is that the government does not have a monopoly over the legitimate use of force.
Trucks lining outside a container yard in Cape Town, South Africa. Infrastructure backlogs are a threat to food exports.
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What’s in store for South Africa’s agricultural sector.
South Africa’s tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu has sparked controversy with her attack on the country’s constitution and judges.
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The politically ambitious Sisulu’s most recent campaigning grenade came in her cynical attack on the country’s constitution and judiciary.
South Africa has an impressive record of marine biological research in protected areas, but the country needs to pay greater attention to the human aspects.
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The social, ecological and governance objectives of marine protected areas need to be understood to enhance benefits to both people and the environment.
South African and African National Congress party’s President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks during the ANC’s 110th anniversary celebrations.
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South Africans are led by a dithering president at the helm of an inept political party which has already passed its sell by date.
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South Africa hasn’t achieved its policy objective of deregulating the fuel price because vested interests have opposed this, and the government doesn’t have the political will to implement the policy.
The Bring Back our Girls Movement in Nigeria brought to the fore the power of women in mobilising around sexual harassment.
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The focus on building democracy should be on more intermediary outcomes, which can serve as building blocks for longer term democratic renewal.
Environmental, social and governance problems in a company’s supply chain can be hard for investors to track.
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Two supply chain experts see a major flaw in how ratings agencies measure companies’ environmental, social and governance performance.
Election posters on street poles in Cape Town. The top one in Afrikaans says ‘Cape Town Works. Let’s do more’.
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The increased and diverse number of contestants shows a citizenry that is unwilling to leave its fate in the hands of ineffective incumbents.
President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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President Tshisekedi’s government no longer has the excuse that it’s being hampered by the dead hand of his predecessor Joseph Kabila’s cabal.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari signs a document alongside Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami
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A state of emergency can be easily abused and lead to violations of fundamental human rights.
Medium-sized towns like Mossel Bay have a key role to play in South Africa’s development.
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The important developmental role that intermediate city municipalities can play in creating employment and stimulating growth suggests they should be prioritised.
Governments must provide adequate sanitation and hygiene infrastructure.
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Access to water and other sanitation infrastructure depended on income level.