Experiences dealing with previous outbreaks of infectious disease can help countries with weak health systems prepare for new health emergencies.
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Peacebuilding – Analyses
South Africa suffers capability deficiencies and institutional stasis due to poor political management.
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 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.
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.
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
A peace deal with the Taliban has been signed. But rebuilding Afghanistan after three decades of conflict will take much more than an accord, says a scholar of peacebuilding.
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.
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Increases in human density and mobility make the latest coronavirus a serious threat to human health.
The alarm being raised by multilateral financial institutions about rising government debt across Africa is exaggerated. The real problem is that African governments pay way over the odds for debt.
Labour can use networks to create public pressure to protect workers’ rights.
Political legacies generated during authoritarian rule have a tendency to transcend into the multiparty era.
There are cost-effective solutions to the problem of sub-standard drugs in Nigeria and other low-income countries.
Unregulated and hazardous lead acid battery manufacturing and recycling plants are often adjacent to residential areas, agricultural and grazing lands.
Coup risk in Guinea-Bissau is likely to decline, but changing leadership presents its own risks.
The ICC must not further destroy its credibility by cooperating with the sorts of bad actors who should be before a court themselves.
The unusual weather can be attributed to the Indian Ocean Dipole. This is the difference in sea surface temperatures between the eastern and western tropical Indian Ocean.
The most popular broadcast medium in Ghana has gone through a politically fuelled evolution that has strengthened it.