The Farlam Commission has called for implementation of plans to demilitarise the police to prevent a recurrence of the Marikana massacre. But, no-one, including Farlam, has set out what this involves.
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Foreign investors need to tread carefully when acquiring land in Africa. This is best illustrated in the ecologically sensitive Gambela region of Ethiopia, where firms have endangered livelihoods.
The failures of the African Union raise serious questions about when to deploy its security apparatus in general and the Africa Standby Force in particular.
The black middle class occupies a complex and sometimes precarious position in society, one that requires constant renegotiation.
What are we to make of the results of the 2014 South African elections? On one level, it was largely predictable: the ANC was always going to lose some support, but not enough to please the opposition…
The crisis in Ukraine, as Russian troops apparently occupy Crimea and threaten its borders with the rest of the country, has sent strong tremors through the international diplomatic community. Both Barack…
South Africa is mourning the death of Nelson Mandela, a founding father like no other. His legacy includes a still-lauded constitution, four peaceful, free and fair democratic elections (five if 2014 follows…
On Friday, we learned that South Africa and Australia/New Zealand will jointly host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope, rather than the facility going to just one of the bids. The split-site…
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Executive Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Director, African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor of History, University of Johannesburg
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Post-doctoral Researcher in Software Engineering Applications for Business Digitalisation at the Department of Business Management, University of Johannesburg
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Research Fellow and Lecturer at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL), University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Development Studies and Visiting Researcher, Institute of Pan-African Thought and Conversation, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, Film and Television, and Vice Dean Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Researcher, University of Johannesburg
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Researcher, University of Johannesburg
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Research Fellow, Africa Centre for Evidence, University of Johannesburg
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Postdoctoral research fellow, African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy, University of Johannesburg
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Emeritus Professor, University of South Africa and Visiting professor and strategic advisor in Faculty of Humanities., University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor of Historical Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Journalism in the Department of Journalism, Film and Television, University of Johannesburg
