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People with intellectual disability told us they want better transport, employment and better maintained public toilets and pedestrian crossings. But many said their opinions were rarely sought.
What’s in store for South Africa’s agricultural sector.
South Africa’s political parties would do well to learn from Ireland, where the three largest political parties negotiated a coalition treaty that stipulated mechanisms for conflict resolution.
A court victory by an NGO against a South African municipality has laid bare the red tape and misgovernance that often burdens the process of issuing water licenses.
From planning, transport, education, housing, to decisions about grants and businesses, local authorities can play a role in perpetuating ethnic disadvantages – or could be used to address them.
State and local authorities are expected to get $150 billion in an attempt to alleviate economic fallout from the coronavirus. But the money will be thinly spread and could run out quickly.
Violence is very common on South Africa’s various taxi routes.
A lesson in taking from the rich to give to the poor.
Could Trump bring a new, unifying approach to negotiating to Washington? His outsider status may present an opportunity to mend fences, says an expert in governance.
Change Agents: Episode 3.
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In this episode of Change Agents, Andrew Dodd speaks with Stuart Morris and Leonie Hemingway about their successes and failures on the road to reforming Victoria's local government.
Nottingham City Council are in trouble over a series of anti-begging posters – it’s important to know if their claims stack up.
There’s a bunfight about whether local or national government should call the shots when it comes to fracking.
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Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Leadership, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Energy Policy and Director of the Institute of Sustainable Resources, UCL
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Lecturer, Birkbeck, University of London
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Acting Director of the Global Change Institute (GCI), University of the Witwatersrand, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Associate professor, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of the Practice of Governance, University of Southern California
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in International Public and Social Policy, University of Bristol
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Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Michigan
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Research Associate, Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity, University of Manchester
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
