On June 1 1949, black South African church members voted to choose their leaders in an unusual poll.
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A study showed that most baby food products have a high sugar content.
To a mathematician the idea of, “voter turnout” is not a very precise term. What exactly does it mean? And how is it calculated?
Those in charge in South Africa following its recent election should focus on improving governance and weeding out corruption.
Vocation specific language courses can encourage both linguistic and cultural awareness. They can equip students with the basics they need to communicate.
South Africa’s embrace of international conventions has buttressed the country’s reputation in statistical circles. But these global standards prove a poor fit for the country.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has to ensure that reform of critical institutions is placed first. Everything else will be compromised if this fails.
South African consumers aren’t confident that organisations always use their information lawfully and for agreed purposes.
Why do once mighty political parties sometimes collapse? Two reasons that have driven some into obscurity are corruption and conflicts within the party. The ANC suffers from both.
South Africa is ahead of the pack when it comes to research output in Africa. But this ranking is not a celebration.
Over the past few years, heads of department and chief financial officers in South Africa have been placed under enormous pressure by politicians to bend compliance rules.
Sports are segregated by sex. But what happens when athletes don’t fit neatly into sport’s definition of gender?
Wealth inequality in South Africa is not only intolerably high, its also not reducing.
Nelson Mandela’s dream of a great rainbow nation has been badly but not fatally undermined by corruption, violence and inequality.
Sharing expertise and experiences of different health and social care professionals can improve health care.
Half of South Africa’s population remain chronically poor, and the quarter in-between struggle to stay out of reach of destitution.
Violence is very common on South Africa’s various taxi routes.
South Africa’s White Paper doesn’t outline how science, innovation and technology can improve ordinary people’s lives.
South Africa has the potential to improve primary health care.
South Africa has a long history of women at the helm of its foreign affairs ministry but this hasn’t translated into a gender balanced foreign policy environment
Top contributors
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Senior Research Fellow, Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Political Economy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies., University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Technology Management, University of Pretoria
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Associate professor, University of Cape Town
