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He failed to understand that the struggle for justice and freedom in southern Africa was changing the world - and diplomacy itself.
The genocide of the Herero people lives on in today’s Namibia and Perivi Katjavivi’s film illustrates this.
Archaeological discoveries show the different options that have solved human problems over time.
Simply put, southern Africans are experiencing heat stress more often than in 1979.
The findings suggest that poaching rates are lower where there is strong national governance and levels of local human development are higher.
The erasure of indigenous people living in Windhoek before the German colonisers arrived has angered activists.
External changes, including the end of the Cold War, helped lead to the ending of apartheid. Gorbachev played a major role in that process.
Thousands of plant species are used in African traditional medicine. Extracts from some of these plants are part of important pharmaceutical drugs.
Legal hunting helps rhino conservation for biological and socio-economic reasons.
With a growing number of younger Namibian voters born after independence, the struggle narrative became increasingly anachronistic.
Namibia’s refusal to condemn Russia undermines the credibility of its claims to support sovereignty, territorial integrity, and self-determination of all nations.
Saponins from plants can destroy viruses and other microorganisms in the same way commercial soaps and detergents do.
The problem is that communities who continue to be most affected by the violent past have not been involved in negotiations.
The moth cocoons are the first archaeological evidence of shamanic ritual paraphernalia in southern Africa.
Africans are stereotyped as having no regard for time and timing. This is a myth.
Studying these deposits gives scientists information about how past environments change. That, in turn, gives us informed estimates on how climates and environments will change in the near future.
Domestic dogs have been shown to be the only species necessary to maintain rabies across most of Africa. This means that dog vaccination should control the disease in all species.
Recent developments in the organisation of production have led to the decline of wage employment across much of the world.
The controversy over female athletes being tested for testosterone levels is not just a contested scientific issue but also one of human rights.
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor in Political Science, University of Freiburg
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Emeritus Professor, University of Cape Town
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Visiting Professor, University of Kent
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Professor of Anthropology, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science and African Climate and Development Initiative Research Chair, University of Cape Town
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University of Cape Town
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer: photojournalism and digital media, Namibia University of Science and Technology
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Yarik Turianskyi is Manager of the Governance and African Peer Review Mechanism Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs and guest lecturer in African Governance and Eastern European Politics, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor in Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Sciences Research (CSSR)/Afrobarometer Assistant Project Manager for Southern Africa, University of Cape Town
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
