Jokes and satire can build resilience but also spread misinformation as people don’t always know what is trustworthy and what is just funny.
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How two massive opposing forces - the shift towards a sustainable world and the force that thrives on inequality - are unfolding at a global level.
The challenge to deliver a persuasive speech comes firstly in the context of intense doubts as to whether President Ramaphosa is truly in charge of the ANC.
In his new capacity as President of South Africa, FW de Klerk directly experienced for the first time how the international community had abandoned its support for minority white rule.
In South Africa, state corruption has taken hold with utter disregard for ethics and democratic norms in a cynical exploitation of the post-apartheid transformation agenda.
Ramaphosa is constrained by his tenuous control over South Africa’s governing party, the ANC.
The year ahead promises to be a very difficult but also a very decisive year for South Africa. Is President Ramaphosa equal to the challenge?
The most that may be hoped for from the party’s annual statement is evidence of a president who is confident, clear and courageous.
Political mistrust is high as the country looks to the next municipal elections in 2021.
A major concern is that the government’s resolve is strongest on policies that are actually quite suspect.
President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Finance Minister Tito Mboweni appear to have good intentions for the economy. But that’s not enough.
South Africa and Nigeria have had a turbulent relationship dating back to the early 1990s.
The South African Broadcasting Corporation, like South Africa itself, is a symbol of contradictions. While there are bad people who work for it, there are also many good ones.
Faced with the same problem, South Africa is turning to the familiar toolkit to explain a recurrent problem.
This book is a booster to morale. It tells South Africans they can enjoy the impressive economic growth they once achieved.
South Africans seem to be fascinated with the way in which spying is entwined in the country’s politics.
As a branch of government, the courts must naturally be accountable for the exercise of their power. The means of achieving their accountability must be balanced against their necessary independence.
By positioning himself as a loveable granddad to supporters and the punchline of a joke to his opposition, Zuma adroitly defangs the very serious charges against him.
The dilemma for Zuma and his legal team is this: by putting him on the witness stand, there is a risk that he would be found wanting, especially in terms of the detail of any matter.
Trump and Zuma seek to sell explanations of their misfortunes to the socially insecure and economically vulnerable. To an alarming extent they succeed.
Kontributor teratas
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor in Political Science, University of South Africa
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Professor of Public Affairs, Tshwane University of Technology
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Urban Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Professor and Professor Emeritus, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Research Fellow, Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, University of Johannesburg
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Head: Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Digital Society, University of Glasgow
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
