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The country has had five governments in 10 years. Every time a government collapses, the reform programme follows suit.
Lesotho has done a good job of curbing the powers of its monarch and making its electoral system inclusive.
Ensuring the participation of ordinary citizens and producers in the industry is the big challenge facing African states.
A new book places the responsibility of African growth on its leaders, people, and civil society, while also recognising the role partners like India can play in achieving its goals.
Saponins from plants can destroy viruses and other microorganisms in the same way commercial soaps and detergents do.
Set in the music wars of Lesotho, the new novel by the South African author tells of a wandering minstrel whose hit song leads to his downfall.
Lesotho’s famo music is known for the use of accordions - and gang violence. In Wayfarers’ Hymns, Zakes Mda explores this tradition.
International borders were negotiable for the right price. What residents of former ‘homelands’ and of Lesotho and eSwatini have in common now are limited government services and few job prospects.
Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding has increased across all countries but few are likely to meet the 2030 goal of 70%.
A monarch with absolute powers is just as dangerous as self-serving politicians in a democracy.
Schooled in music through church, he was driven by a fierce sense of belonging to Lesotho where he was born, and neighbouring South Africa.
For over 50 years Tshola was loved by audiences around the world for his rich baritone voice, which he used to inspire and to speak political truths.
There is more support for democracy among African people than is often recognised. Yet this can be undermined by election rigging and is lower in countries like Lesotho, Mozambique and South Africa.
The Malawi court’s decision provides a roadmap for future challenges to the death penalty in other southern African countries.
The Southern African Development Community does not have a remarkable record of military interventions in civil conflicts in the region.
The appointment of judges has hitherto been an obscure and oftentimes clandestine affair. This has produced incompetent judges and led to claims that the judiciary is beholden to the executive.
Large-scale droughts can have cascading impacts on food security. They can reduce yield, increase food prices, trigger changes in consumption and lead to unstable supply.
Lesotho’s first-ever entry at the Oscars is a powerful story based on true-to-life events in which a village is to be forcibly evicted to make way for a new dam.
The fundamental structure of the current constitution, which is cast in classical Westminster conceptions, is unsuited for modern-day constitutionalism.
Top contributors
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Head of Department, Public and Environmental Law Department, University of Limpopo
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Jurassica Museum
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Postdoctoral Researcher at Institute for Democracy, Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa, University of Cape Town
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Associate Director, Environmental Change Institute, Imperial College London
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Caxton Professor of Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Adjunct Professor, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Jan Smuts Professor of International Relations and Director of the African Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS), University of the Witwatersrand
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Term Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology Law and Society, George Mason University
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Professor, Biodiversity Informatics, University of Cape Town
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director, Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council
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Senior research fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
