A threshold has been crossed, with a pessimistic outlook becoming more dominant than an optimistic one.
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It has become increasingly clear that the country needs to start thinking of life without Ramaphosa - and the ANC - in charge.
The country’s long-dominant party has been losing support in elections.
Framing floods as ‘natural disasters’ deflects from the reality that vulnerability must exist before a crisis can emerge.
At the centre of the persisting violence in the north-central region of Nigeria is bad governance.
Morals and laws are not binaries. They complement each other to enable harmonious coexistence.
The November 2020 local and regional elections have indeed put Namibia’s political culture at a crossroads.
South Africa’s dysfuctional municipalities are characterised by very poor, or no delivery, of basic services such as refuse collection.
South Africa’s local governments lack a clear separation of legislative and executive powers.
Top contributors
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Disasters and Health, UCL
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Professor of Public Affairs, Tshwane University of Technology
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Chief Research Specialist in Democracy and Citizenship at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Extraordinary Senior Lecturer at the School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Law, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor: Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, head of the Unit for Moral Leadership, Stellenbosch University
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Politics lecturer, Rhodes University
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Research Director: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES) research division, and Coordinator of the South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS), Human Sciences Research Council
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Director, African Centre for the Study of the United States, University of Pretoria
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Regional Coordinator, Institute for Security Studies
