External changes, including the end of the Cold War, helped lead to the ending of apartheid. Gorbachev played a major role in that process.
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Foot-and-mouth disease rarely kills animals, but it leads to production losses and economic knocks.
If women see other women pursuing and being successful in an entrepreneurial environment, they are more likely to follow that path themselves.
The continuing precarity and vulnerability to violence has long term consequences for these women’s health and well-being.
Activists and scholars must rethink their neglect of male victims if South Africa is to better understand and resist sexual violence.
There is a useful set of steps to follow to help the transfer of technological innovations to entrepreneurs who can put them into use.
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People in South Africa felt anxious and stressed during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Both sweeping immunity and overzealous prosecutions of former leaders can undermine democracy. But such prosecutions pose different risks for older democracies like the US than in younger ones.
The lack of sexuality education, and common myths and misconceptions about the sexuality of people with intellectual disability can lead to caregivers being reluctant ‘jailers’.
As antibiotics lose their power to treat some forms of TB, interest in the antibacterial powers of curdlan is rising.
The number and value of medico-legal claims has increased.
South Africa should ensure that changes to energy efficient vehicles is done in a way that creates jobs and protects workers.
The strategy outlined by the US Secretary of State marks a fresh beginning in US-Africa relations.
The meetings between Blinken and his South African counterpart Naledi Pandor could help iron out misunderstandings about the intent of the US targeting Russian ‘malign’ activities in Africa.
The impression that’s been created is that political will is the only ingredient missing in fixing South Africa’s electricity crisis. But this is simplistic.
Artisanal gold mining is highly organised and rule-bound. Men, women and even children participate a hierarchy sustained by a web of buyers, sponsors and customers.
Water is a critical resource, enabling socio-economic development.
Removing red tape for new renewable energy projects will see additional energy coming online quite quickly.
Refinery closures in South Africa are shots fired in the long running contestation between the oil refiners and the government, which has been trying to introduce cleaner fuels.
A scholar of literature sees striking parallels between contemporary book bans in the US and those that took place in South Africa during apartheid.
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Senior Research Fellow, Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Political Economy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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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
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies., University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Professor of Technology Management, University of Pretoria
