South Africa's ruling party, the ANC , is mishandling the process leading towards land expropriation without compensation.
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Bradlow Fellow at the South African Institute for International Affairs and Visiting Researcher in the International Relations Department, University of the Witwatersrand
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Mellon Chair of Indian Studies and the Director of the Centre for Indian Studies in Africa, University of the Witwatersrand
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Researcher with Centre for Health Policy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Manager at MRC/Wits Agincourt Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director of the Centre for Health Policy , University of the Witwatersrand
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Head of School of Economic & Business Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development, University of the Witwatersrand
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Honorary Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Programme Manager Health Systems and Policy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Dramatic Art, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professsor of Public Health; Co-Director Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa; Panel Member, Private Healthcare Market Inquiry, University of the Witwatersrand
