South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s apology for his role in the 2012 Marikana massacre has no credibility, as there wasn’t full disclosure.
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Maboneng in Johannesburg represents one strand of the type of urban “development” that’s advocated for by the proponents of “global cities”.
It takes a combination of formal and informal learning to equip academics to become better teachers. Universities need to encourage both approaches.
The need to connect African markets to aid development will once again be discussed at the World Economic Forum. The debate needs to move beyond the usual rhetoric.
A ruling by a South African court makes it unlikely that the country will see any nuclear development in the foreseeable future.
Accra and Johannesburg have some way to go before making it onto anyone’s top 20. Both cities have a desperate gap between rich and poor but inequality is not a uniquely African problem.
Protests in South Africa have largely been confined to black working class townships and informal settlements. Is this beginning to change?
A captured South African Treasury is bad news for the country’s poor but the view that the capture is a natural enemy of the market economy is a myth.
Notorious apartheid spy Craig Williamson’s sole interest was in reproducing what he regarded as his birthright – wealth and racial privilege.
Traditional economists cannot quantify or measure the effect of white male privilege in facilitating business dealings or obtaining employment in emerging market economies.
What has been lost in stating the case for South Africa’s credit rating is a tangible plan for strengthening governance and regulation of its state owned enterprises.
The best chance South Africa has of recovering from sub-investment grade credit rating status is to have leaders who are prepared to break rank with the small-mindedness of the ruling party.
South Africa’s energy sector is perhaps at its most fluid and unpredictable stage it has ever been in.
The removal of South Africa’s finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, is the greatest threat to public finances experienced in the post 1994 era.
The economic transformation discussion document released by South Africa’s governing party, the ANC, fails to be radical.
US President Donald Trump often owns the conversation on Twitter for all the wrong reasons. But why use the same tactics we’re criticising him for? And what would be an appropriate response?
The ministerial task team’s report presents a jaundiced view of an important organisation that’s opened the doors of higher education to many who would otherwise have been closed out.
Global ride sharing app Uber, is experiencing different development trajectories in its two major African markets, Kenya and South Africa.
South Africa’s social grant scandal seems to back up highly regarded views on public governance that Public Private Partnerships aren’t naturally efficient.
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.
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Associate professor, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Lecturer, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Research Associate, University of Johannesburg
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Professor in Tourism Geography, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Associate professor, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg
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Economist at the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University of Johannesburg
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Economist, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication and Media, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Lecturer in Visual Art, University of Johannesburg
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Lecturer, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Economics and Lead Researcher, Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, UJ, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
