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The violence wreaked its damage because South Africa’s journey to democracy remains incomplete. It sends a sharp message that the country must look its past far more squarely in the eye.
For those who can’t afford to pay funeral costs, state support is patchy at best and unlawful at worst.
Hunger is not the cause of the current social upheaval. But, taken along with other deep-rooted structural inequalities, it provides additional fuel for socio-political conflagration.
Frelimo, which governs Mozambique, has squandered the enormous political capital it enjoyed at independence. It now remains in power through violence, intimidation, harassment, and threats.
An uncomfortable reality is that looting is perceived by the looters to be socially acceptable and is often encouraged and endorsed within social and community networks.
India is expected to overtake China this decade as the world’s most populous nation. That puts it at the heart of the global challenge to beat climate change.
South Africans should not panic about the food system. But authorities will need to act swiftly and assertively to restore stability.
New data shows how high prices and low incomes prevent 4 in 10 people worldwide from buying enough nutritious foods for a healthy diet.
The average Nigerian woman or child faces a host of hindrances in accessing health services.
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A study found that poverty rates among households with at least one union member were significantly lower than nonunionized households.
Nigeria needs more industrial production, foreign and domestic investment, not just handouts.
The data shows that attainment gaps in English education at age 16 cannot be attributed to any single factor.
Harsh socio-environmental factors, especially when they happen in the early years of a child’s life, can establish a developmental “biology of misfortune”.
India had the legal ability to classify migrant workers as internally displaced and offer them protection, but instead they were marooned and left to the mercy of fate.
Climate change science dominated by knowledge produced in the global North cannot address the particular challenges faced by those living in the global South.
Many unemployed young people are engaged in a variety of economic activities. These may not necessarily be recognised as a form of self employment or informal employment.
Local institutions and community bonds forged during the turmoil of the 1970s and 1980s helped a vulnerable neighborhood walloped by the pandemic endure.
As the global South transitions to a predominantly urban future, food offers a way to understand the role of cities in future development.
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Dean of the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, and Head of the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Chair professor, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor of Development Economics, University of Malaya
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Professor and Chair of the Economics Department, Allegheny College
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Director: Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), CGIAR System Organization
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Distinguished Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Associate professor at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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Deputy Director at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
