South African, Credible and Current
Steven Friedman, Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg Regular media as well as social media in South Africa have much to say about the governing African National Congress (ANC). But much of the commentary fails to understand the party – or the country. This was evident when the ANC launched its election manifesto at […]
Cheryl Hendricks, Executive director, Africa Institute of South Africa, Human Sciences Research Council As South Africa heads for the polls in a few months time in its sixth democratic election, political party electioneering has begun in earnest. President Cyril Ramaphosa kick started the governing African National Congress’s (ANC’s) election campaign in his January 8th Statement […]
“One danger is that there may be a populist call for the introduction of referenda. For instance, if down the road, the Constitutional Court was to rule that any proposed amendment to the constitution regarding the expropriation of land without compensation was unconstitutional, there might be a demand that the issue be put directly to the […]
Higher education has no choice but to work with the pool of talent it receives. The challenge is how. Suellen Shay, Professor, University of Cape Town South Africa’s Minister of Basic Education announced a 2018 matric pass rate of 78.2% in the first week of January as well as a number of other significant achievements. […]
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David B. Moore, Professor of Development Studies and Visiting Researcher, Institute of Pan-African Thought and Conversation, University of Johannesburg As of January 18, more than 12 people had died, … [Read More...]
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