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South Africa
Segregation
Jakkie Cilliers

Revisiting South Africa’s segregationist past

Apartheid was a racist system designed to keep people of different skin colour “apart” in South Africa.

Rainbow nation
Jakkie Cilliers

Changing the conversation

Racial tensions haunt South Africa, impeding the country’s progress

Youth unemployment
Maximilian Matschke

South Africa’s time bomb

Five proposals for improving labour-market dynamics in South Africa

Socialisation
Sonwabiso Ngcowa

Absent fathers

Why South African society tends to not prepare boys adequately for the future

Urbanisation
Majaletje Mathume

Inadequate infrastructure

Why the taps might have run dry in Cape Town

Migration
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Rampant child smuggling

Many children are smuggled from Zimbabwe to South Africa

Access to universities

#FeesMustFall

South African students demand free and decolonised education

Comment
Julia Bayer

Held hostage by rhinos

To protect South Africa’s wildlife, local communities need to involved in more meaningful way

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The governments of South Africa and Brazil are in trouble

The governments of South Africa and Brazil are in trouble

Southern African Development Community
Jennifer Dube

Murderous xenophobia

The impact xenophobic violence in South Africa has on Zimbabwe

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

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When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts
When qualifications don’t decide your career
Whose development?
Inequality is getting worse according to UNDP

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

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Consequences of cyclone Freddy
Jobless due to epilepsy
Why ODA is better than its reputation in donor countries
Hard working female head porters in Ghana

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Preparing for Ebola
The difficulty of quantifying diversity in the US
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Ethnicity is a fundamental part of African societies
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Preparing for Ebola
The difficulty of quantifying diversity in the US
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Ethnicity is a fundamental part of African societies
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts