Many South Africans have yet to see freedom bear fruit.
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As South Africa marks 25 years of freedom, many citizens have to contend with the harsh reality that they can’t eat democracy.
A man challenges police during a protest in Eldorado Park, Johannesburg.
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To claim that protests are being organised suggests sinister motives. But all protest is organised. So are cake sales and shopping expeditions.
South Africa urgently needs to get its economy moving again.
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Half of South Africa’s population remain chronically poor, and the quarter in-between struggle to stay out of reach of destitution.
Taking a lead.
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Poverty leaves people feeling unable to take responsibility for their future – but community programmes can empower young people to take control.
LeBron James speaks at the opening ceremony for the I Promise School in Akron, Ohio.
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In order to be successful, the I Promise Academy needs to confront issues of race – much like LeBron James himself, who launched the school amid great fanfare in 2018, an education scholar argues.
The marriage equality debate raised questions of religious freedom that have yet to be resolved.
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The government is spruiking its commitment to religious freedom and freedom of speech, as well as its successes on tackling inequality. Its record, however, leaves much to be desired.
A man hugs his family before leaving for the U.S. border with a migrant caravan from San Salvador, El Salvador, Jan. 16, 2019.
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Thousands of Central American migrants are trying to cross the U.S. southern border. One scholar followed their paths to find out why they make the dangerous, sometimes deadly, journey.
‘Ha. But how much do you get paid?’
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Mandatory reporting could help highlight the ethnicity pay gap in much the same way that gender pay gap reporting does.
Over the past five years, one in every four children who died by suicide in Australia was Indigenous.
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Poverty and social exclusion play a big role in Indigenous child suicide. The causes are complex but we know enough to act now to reduce the number of deaths in our communities.
Torrential rains in Malawi have caused dozens of deaths.
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High poverty levels mean people lack access to land and work and they are often driven to settle in zones that are exposed to natural hazards.
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New research reveals how austerity pushed poor families into debt to pay for basic needs like food, rent and hot water.
Washrooms for customers only signs can be seen as an affront to human dignity.
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With so few public washrooms in our cities, vulnerable people are forced to use café and restaurant washrooms. How do mostly minimum wage café and restaurant workers deal with this?
Nigerians celebrate the announcement of Muhammadu Buhari’s victory. But can he deliver jobs this time round?
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Nigeria’s high unemployment rate has created a bloated and unproductive informal sector.
South Africa has one of the worst rates of youth unemployment in the world.
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Guaranteeing unemployed South Africans a job at the minimum wage would have a range of positive outcomes for the economy.
Mali one of the world’s poorest countries would take about 31 years to eradicate poverty.
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Countries with effective governments have reduced income poverty by almost twice the speed.
Nicolás Mauro supporters beneath a Hugo Chávez mural.
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Assertive politics is not enough.
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Why altruism is in shorter supply than the industry wants you to believe
Underwater world of Lake Malawi.
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Lake Malawi is considered a biodiversity treasure because almost all its species occurs nowhere else on the planet.
Kenya poverty.
Millions of people in Kenya still face poverty. But there's hope.
Former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is eminently qualified to lead the World Bank.
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The World Bank needs to change as part of rethinking the current world order, and giving rising powers and developing countries a meaningful voice.