While South Africa should pay careful attention to all its existing trade and economic relations, particular attention should go to its intra-African economic relations.
A group of protesters demanding better governance in Nigeria just as the country marked its 60th Independence Day anniversary on October 1, 2020.
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Although it's failed to deliver democracy to citizens, Nigeria is not the collapsed and disintegrated entity which a 2005 US National Intelligence Council analysis predicted it would become by 2020.
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, chair of the state capture commission.
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There are individual activists and political groupings who believe violent action is legitimate and use the circumstances to actively drive such behaviour.
South African civil society organisations march against xenophobia in Johannesburg in 2019.
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Radio and television were found to be potentially highly influential in promoting positive public attitudes towards immigrants.
Young Sandi Sile on an abandoned structure in Makhanda, South Africa, in 2013. Questions remain about how the new law will treat abandoned land.
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The proposed new law has a long history. The country has been trying for almost 12 years now to come up with expropriation legislation that is in line with the constitution.
Although society portrays a woman who earns a living as free and empowered, outdated values and stereotypes still promote discrimination against female breadwinners.
Nigerian youths protest against police brutality.
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Although the Nigerian government has announced the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, protesters have not let up. They are now calling for wider reforms.
Thuli Madonsela, professor of law and former Public Protector of South Africa.
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Clashes between mining companies and communities are often about the age-old question of whether mining, with its adverse impacts, can benefit the many or only a selected few.
Former South African president Jacob Zuma at the Zondo Commission in July 2020.
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While restrictions on civil and political liberties may be necessary to protect lives, human rights law requires that they go no further than what's strictly necessary to achieve this goal.
Teachers still hold the key to children’s learning and no keyboard or screen can replace their role.
Argentine cartoonist Joaquin Salvador Lavado, who passed away on September 30, also known as “Quino” poses with his comic strip character Mafalda.
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Through his work, the Argentinian cartoonist Joaquin Salvador Lavado Tejon, known to all as Quino, engaged in pointed social critique on a range of topics that are even more relevant today.
The country will take years to recover economically.
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