The rise of the middle class in Africa is fuelling consumer economies and protection policies. But they tend to be disconnected from sustainability issues.
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Democracy and good governance require politicians to engage in reasoned debate, informed decision making and measured judgements. This presupposes rationality. Is this always true?
After South Africa’s first democratic election in 1994, the previously oppressed and dispossessed black majority hoped for constitutional restitution of their land. This has largely failed.
After tiptoeing around the idea of contesting state power South Africa’s Communist Party is looking to strengthen its position now that the ANC is no longer the dominant force it used to be.
Fossils of the lowly frog indicate that the evolution of South Africa’s west coast winter rainfall pattern is more complex, and possibly occurred much later, than previously thought
In many cultures and religions dogs are more than protection and security. But do they have an after-life?
Populist movements are on the rise. Their supporters distrust the establishment, elites, authority and official sources. The post-truth world is a post-expert world.
South Africa’s army is in a dire situation because the government hasn’t provided sufficient funding over the past two decades, hampering its ability to fulfil its duty.
Students from South Africa’s public school system battle to cope with the rigorous demands of any university degree without genuine, committed support.
Unrestricted access to information is vital to a vibrant democracy.But if this information is inaccurate, biased or falsified, the fundamental freedom of informed choice is denied.
Cyril Ramaphosa is in pole position to become president of South Africa’s ruling ANC, 20 years after he lost the position by Thabo Mbeki. But, it won’t be easy. Neither will rebuilding the party.
Indonesia and South Africa are making strides against transnational organised fisheries crime.
All eyes are on the next move from President Jacob Zuma after he survived a bid from senior ANC colleagues to remove him. The fallout is expected to be focused on the economic cluster of government.
More than two decades after apartheid ended, South African universities still tend to offer a view of the country and continent that is rooted in colonial and apartheid thinking.
Tax systems in post-colonial Africa need to be reformed. For instance, there ought to be rebates for advancing moral good or educating future taxpayers.
Organic farming has many benefits. It can better people’s lives and it’s good for biodiversity and the climate.
South African creative and cultural industries have taken some early steps to elevate women to leadership positions, but there is still some way to go.
South Africa’s higher education minister has dealt with fee increments for 2017 but sidestepped students’ fundamental issue: an ongoing call to make higher education free for all.
Hair has long been modified for aesthetic and other ends. But skewed power structures have meant that women, particularly women of colour, have borne the brunt of stereotyping and prejudice.
The EFF is sending a strong message to South Africans that it wants to be known as the only political home for radical change.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nelson Mandela University. General Secretary, Climate Justice Coalition, Nelson Mandela University
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Senior lecturer in Languages and Literature, Nelson Mandela University
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Associate Professor, Centre for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy (CANRAD), Nelson Mandela University
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Freelance conservation ecologist, Nelson Mandela University
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Senior lecturer, Nelson Mandela University
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Adjunct Professor in the Department of Criminal and Procedural Law, Nelson Mandela University
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Directeur de recherche CNRS / IRL REHABS, écologie des savanes tropicales, Nelson Mandela University
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Research Associate, Institute of Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University
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Senior Research Fellow, Nelson Mandela University
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Adjunct Professor of Marine Biology, Nelson Mandela University
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Lecturer, Nelson Mandela University
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Associate professor of logistics, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor, Nelson Mandela University
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Senior Lecturer in Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Nelson Mandela University
