South Africa suffers capability deficiencies and institutional stasis due to poor political management.
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Art and visual culture played a significant role in building a unified Afrikaner nationalism that allowed apartheid to thrive. A new book unpacks the issue.
The right price for data ought to result from effective regulation and competition in the wholesale market.
The South African government is hamstrung by the country’s fiscal and economic situation. And short of ideas about how to get out of it.
Mathematical modelling is capable of saving lives, assisting in policy and decision-making, and optimising economic growth.
The decision by eight Francophone states to delink their common currency from France won’t be without challenges.
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South Africa should not uncritically embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
The hope is that the biodiversity targets translate directly into what individual countries, cities, companies and even families can adopt as tangible actions.
Changing weather modifies insect traits and can have an impact on their food, natural enemies and predators.
Scientists are building up a picture of how much carbon can be taken out of the atmosphere and stored in coastal ecosystems.
Over 60% of girls in Ethiopia are married by the age of 18. Many don’t have support in negotiating with their husbands and families to take control of their own fertility.
Informal retailers that dot South Africa’s townships have changed dramatically, but at great cost - avoidance of regulation and exploitation of employees.
The Tubeho Neza programme has showed that it is possible to provide interventions against major diseases to vulnerable households.
Nutrition policies offer the chance for us to think differently about men and women’s roles in society.
Overcrowding can have severe negative consequences for the education and safety of learners.
How African knowledge systems can be incorporated into higher education.
By pushing their usually valid complaints onto the streets and the courts, opposition leaders deny governments the popular goodwill and international credibility they need to govern effectively.
African governments need to spend more effort on maximising the impact of foreign direct investment on economic growth
Sexually inexperienced Nigerian students are less confident in their ability to use condoms, increasing their susceptibility to infections and unplanned pregnancies at first sexual activity.
The interdependency between humans, animals and the environment is becoming more pronounced. This calls for an interdisciplinary approach to health problems.
President Ramaphosa’s emphasis on fighting crime is well placed. Most categories of violent crimes have risen dramatically over the past eight years.
It seems that former president FW De Klerk continues to find it hard to accept that apartheid was a crime against humanity.
Even in the most tense and dangerous of moments, the elite has found a way to come back together.
The analysis suggests that there was a mass extinction event at the time of the end-Permian, on land - and that it happened at the same time as the marine end-Permian extinction.
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Increases in human density and mobility make the latest coronavirus a serious threat to human health.