A sea change in the system of governance is needed to fix South Africa and rebuild an economy plagued by serious crises.
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Pastoralist communities face barriers like poor infrastructure, illiteracy and government neglect.
Codifying apartheid could offer significant relief to many victims and survivors who otherwise would not be entitled to adequate recourse from the international community.
Grassroots protests can change people’s lives for the better.
Liberation was meant to deliver significant change, for the better. But South Africa and Namibia show that the new elites that took power exercised it for their own benefit.
Corruption in Kenya drains resources that could have been used for services like healthcare or education.
Kenya’s political regimes have used the police to repress opposition and sustain themselves in power.
Kigali wants to be seen as a reliable security provider at home and abroad.
Chinese businesses can help build an economy like Botswana’s, with the right government policies.
Government’s decision to change the national anthem has generated debate among Nigerians. Some see it as an attempt to distract attention from harsh economic realities.
Khat is classified as a cash crop in Kenya, but its detractors say it is a harmful product and some regions have moved to ban it.
Romantic breakups among emerging adults are often trivialised as a rite of passage. Instead they can lead to acute trauma.
There is a danger that if offshore sector revenues dry up, the Mauritian economy will soon face economic turmoil.
Ghana’s central bank has faced criticism for its role in the country’s economic crisis.
There’s confusion in South Africa about what’s driving the popularity of Jacob Zuma and his uMkhonto weSizwe party.
South Africa’s National Arts Festival’s economic impact on its host city, Makhanda, is estimated to be US$4.5 million a year. But it also makes an impact on a social and an artistic level.
Improving school sanitation, reducing household chores, and addressing harassment and bullying could enhance girls’ reading performance relative to boys’.
Fears about witchcraft and terrorism in coastal Kenya have shaped the ways in which various religious groups express themselves.
South Africa’s state-owned Central Energy Fund has paid five US cents, or one rand, for a huge oil refinery that isn’t in working condition. The public may have to foot the bill to clear up oil leaks.
Ghana’s supreme court will rule whether the anti-LGBTQI+ bill is constitutional. The proceedings are being broadcast live on television, a rarity. .
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Assistant Professor, Khalifa University
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Distinguished visiting professor, University of Glasgow
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Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Rwanda
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Research Associate, Dept of Anthropology & Development Studies and Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, University of Johannesburg
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor in Practice on Environmental Innovation, School of Social and Environmental Sustainability, University of Glasgow, UK, National University of Singapore
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Assistant professor, The Education University of Hong Kong
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Professor Gender and Childhood Sexuality, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Professor of Economics, University of Pretoria
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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