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The centralised system that made NZ’s initial pandemic response so successful also explains the recent failures at the border.
Women traditional leaders are a key part of community development.
Female traditional leaders are an important community bloc that needs to be utilised more often.
African leaders at the 33rd African Union Heads of State Summit at the headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in February 2020.
The Africa peace and security posture is not everything it was intended to be, but it is credited with a number of success stories.
Akinwumi Adesina leads a bank that has the USA as its second largest shareholder.
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There is concern over the growing influence of non-regional players in decision making at the regional bank.
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Zimbabwe’s policy makers believe that deforestation is a threat to the economy, but citizens believe environmental degradation is an outcome of the country’s dire political and economic situation.
South Africa can’t afford new nuclear infrastructure with state funds in these times of budget shortfalls and ballooning debt.
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South Africa’s Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity reflects a global trend away from nuclear energy. But the government’s actions suggest otherwise.
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The stalemate in Tshwane is a manifestation of coalition arrangements that serve the partisan interests of parties, to the detriment of citizens.
The ban on the sale of alcohol has been partially lifted, but tobacco remains prohibited.
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South Africa’s lockdown rules started with high legitimacy. But it has been eroded and has now dissolved.
Tanzanian President John Magufuli attends a ceremony marking the country’s 58th independence anniversary in 2019.
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The president’s handling of the pandemic has been one of the more eccentric on the continent.
Supporters of outgoing Senegalese President Macky Sall cheer during a rally ahead of presidential elections in 2019.
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Africa is now formally free of colonial rule. Yet, the aim of remembering and furthering the fight for self determination remains relevant as ever.
Who owns the Moon?
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US and international law conflicts about who would be in charge if a private company established a Moon base or colonized Mars.
Health of society depends on a decent social welfare system, absence of extreme poverty and inequality.
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COVID-19 has brought to the fore the interdependency of business and society. It’s time for amendments to the social contract that underlies societal support for business.
Progress has been slow in Ghana in expanding access to water.
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Governments must take note of specific geographic contexts and local attributes that drive water insecurity.
African National Congress top six leaders. The governing party’s wishes are sometimes out of kilter with the dictates of statecraft.
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South Africa suffers capability deficiencies and institutional stasis due to poor political management.
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The most popular broadcast medium in Ghana has gone through a politically fuelled evolution that has strengthened it.
Despite massive investments, Canada’s health-care system has not reaped the benefits of digital technology like banking and retail sectors have.
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The digitization of health care in Canada has been a bumpy ride — due to lack of focus on governance, and lack of emphasis on interoperability, transparency and accountability.
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What happens when a leader’s beliefs and decisions have an indirect negative impact on the business?
Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer and chairman Lindsay Maxsted. We could expect more of such folk but it might be more constructive to look for ways to help them do their jobs better.
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Board directors of our biggest companies simply aren’t equipped to take on management. An idea floated 50 years ago could help.
Two autocrats: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, left, and Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, right, in Budapest, Hungary, Nov. 7, 2019.
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Today’s autocrats rarely use brute force to wrest control. A human rights and international law scholar details the modern authoritarian’s latest methods to grab and hold power.
If significant concerns surface after institutional audit, the Council on Higher Education may withdraw accreditation.
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All institutions that offer doctoral-level qualifications are about to undergo a national review in response to the concerns about quality.