In a political environment where voters are increasingly attuned to instances of polling malpractice, African states are grudgingly adopting technology as a barrier to election fraud.
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Portugal won the war on drugs by giving up. What lessons can South Africa learn from their approach?
Should South Africa’s social grants not be disbursed, many households will lose the only source of income they have.
In the 1980’s Uganda was one of the largest coffee exporters in the world, far ahead of Vietnam which hardly exported any. Now the tables have turned raising interesting comparative questions.
Parents should monitor the television programmes their children are exposed to and advise them to make informed sexual choices.
Several initiatives have been launched to foster a sporting culture more conducive to the involvement of women in South Africa, including new laws. But evidence shows much still needs to be done.
There are many inspiring female computer scientists in and from Africa. They have the power to inspire young women who might think that computer science is ‘only for men’.
In Benin the differences between male and female farmers are their specific gender productive and reproductive roles, norms and identity.
Deafness is a huge burden for economies and individuals. This is particularly true in developing countries. Solutions need to take into account not just costs, but the rights of individuals too.
As the goat plague is a trans-boundary disease, there’s concern that it will spill over into neighbouring countries such as Rwanda and Burundi.
Nearly half of South Sudan’s population could be severely food insecure and at risk of death in the coming months because of the avoidable acts of civil war in a land of plenty.
Kenya recently expressed fear that Al-Shabaab could interfere with the electronic voting system during the upcoming general election. Are cyber attacks a real threat in Africa?
Regular physical activity energises you to perform daily chores, deal with stress better and improves your quality of sleep.
West African health systems were weak before the IMF got involved. Sadly, the policy reforms demanded by the IMF in exchange for loans have undermined governments’ ability to repair these problems.
Society, parents, schools and popular media all perpetuate the myth that girls don’t have the brains or ability to be scientists. Of course, that simply isn’t true.
Social welfare budgets have simply not been adequate to plug decades’ worth of under-resourcing, especially in black communities. It’s a good place for government to start giving life to its slogans
Research shows poorer black South Africans are disproportionately exposed to food-related advertising that promotes the consumption of fatty, unhealthy foods.
Fall armyworms have a number of characteristics that make them particularly hard to control. They are strong fliers, can breed at a high rate and also develop quick resistance to pesticides.
Midwives should provide continuous support during labour and birth and they should respect women’s choices when it is within safe practice to do so.
Nigerian women migrating to Europe are increasingly aware that work hidden in the form of menial jobs is actually sex work, even though they cannot imagine the brutality that comes with it.
Kontributor teratas
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science
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Sociologist/Criminologist/Victimologist and Media Communication Expert, University of Ibadan
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Principal Medical Scientist and Head of Laboratory for Antimalarial Resistance Monitoring and Malaria Operational Research, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Regional Adviser, Immunisation, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Stellenbosch University
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Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Johannesburg
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Fellow, Infrastructure Institute, School of Cities, University of Toronto
