The recent spate of military takeovers, most recently in Chad, highlights a developing trend by armed forces in Africa which overtly subvert constitutional governance.
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The solution to a defective, sexist Criminal Code ban can be found in the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
To build a political culture that supports democracy in South Africa, civic education needs to move beyond voter education.
To remove the burden of responsibility, everyone must take over some of the work that diverse communities have been doing to combat prejudice and fear for decades.
In the country’s insider politics, the majority who try to survive outside the formal economy are talked about, but are never heard.
From his positions at the United Nations, Professor Heyns made a huge impact on the protection of the right to life and the right of peaceful assembly.
The conflict has put a temporary lid on plans that have been in the making for more than a decade since rich liquefied natural gas reserves were discovered in the Rovuma Basin.
When the Truth and Reconciliation was mandated to investigate human rights violations from March 1960, that left twelve years of apartheid rule unexplored.
South Africans deserve a fuller picture of the extent of police brutality, and the level of accountability, especially when people die at the hands of police.
The resistance during this election cycle is even more passionate than in recent years.
Chivalry is not an elite men’s club. Women have always been involved.
The low levels of familiarity with key historical events indicate that there are serious shortcomings in the development of national collective memory in South Africa.
Women MPs point to a toxic environment in which a politics of insults, ridicule and rumour work against having more women in political offices.
Sudan’s new government came to power after a people-driven process to oust former President Omar al-Bashir. It must be careful to place ordinary Sudanese at the centre of the reforms process.
There has been growing discontent with many local authorities and calls by concerned citizens for the municipalities to be dissolved.
Mining is not just a physical engineering process. It requires social engineering as well.
The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened unemployment and poverty, showing the need for the government to permanently expand income support to working-age adults.
The Constitutional Court described Zuma’s lack of cooperation with the commission as “reprehensible”.
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 U.S. illustrates this week that changing a nation’s leader without rethinking the system he or she is upholding is no longer acceptable for citizens. We need an improved form of democracy.
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Senior Research Specialist., Human Sciences Research Council
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Divisional Executive, Developmental, Capable and Ethical State research division, Human Sciences Research Council
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Director and Professor of International Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
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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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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 Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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NRF/British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow under the SA-UK Bilateral Chair in Political Theory, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior lecturer, The University of Edinburgh
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State
