Education in South Africa: hits and misses over the past 25 years
State of the Nation addresses are delivered at the start of South Africa’s parliamentary year. They focus on the current political and socio-economic state, highlight […]
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The slow but unstoppable social transformation of Iran and Saudi Arabia
“I studied English literature and work as a freelance translator. I’m single and I live away from my parents’ home with another girl in a […]
In Turkey, the right to freedom of association and unionisation remains under threat
With their faces wrapped in traditional white scarves, they spend hours in silence at the gates of the country’s prisons: more than 45 days outside […]
How controversial “racist” research opens door for a decolonisation drive
There has been justified outrage about a recently published – and hastily retracted – academic article written by academics from Stellenbosch University in South Africa. The article suggested […]
Why South Africa should seriously consider taxing its wealthy citizens
This is an edited extract from a chapter in the recently published The state of the nation: poverty & inequality: diagnosis, prognosis and responses. It’s well-established […]
Sudan: the symbolic significance of the space protesters made their own
Where there is revolution, there’s a central gathering point – just think of Egypt’s Tahrir Square, Taksim Square in Istanbul and Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunisia. They all captured the […]
How portrayal of protest in South Africa denigrates poor people
Poor people in South Africa often feel that the only way they can be heard is to protest. The past few days have shown that not […]
Cyclone Idai is over – but its health effects will be felt for a long time
People in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe have started trying to rebuild their lives after the devastation wrought by Cyclone Idai. Southern Malawi and Mozambique were already […]
#AlexTotalShutDown organisers rubbish claims it is anti-poor and xenophobic
Alexandra was shutdown by protestors on Wednesday demanding that the deterioration of the township be stopped.
South Africa is failing the rights of children to education and health
Magnus Killander, University of Pretoria Is South Africa regularly denying children their right to access education as well as health care on the grounds either […]
What to expect as 84 million Nigerians go to the polls
Nigerians go to the polls on February 16 in the first of two sets of elections to choose the president, national assembly and state legislators. […]
In Zimbabwe, an unpopular government is lashing out because “it fears its own people”
With at least 17 unarmed civilians killed by the military in the recent spate of anti-government protests, and many more injured, abducted, raped and imprisoned, labour […]
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