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Uganda’s illegal wildlife traders undeterred by Covid-19 restrictions
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies Updated 4 hours ago Measures to help curb the spread of Covid-19 in Uganda – such as restrictions on movement – apparently have not deterred the illegal international... →
Leadership in question part nine: Luthuli, masculinity and gender
By: Raymond Suttner 25th January 2021 Previous articles in this series are to be found here. Luthuli’s masculinity, Luthuli as a gendered subject →
Covid-19: Fare-thee-well, my dearest mother
22nd January 2021 Award winning author writes a poignant tribute to her mother who died of Covid-19. Mr President, I am in mourning. Covid-19 has hit home. My mother... →
How South Africa can prepare for a data-driven education system
22nd January 2021 There are significant disparities in South Africa’s education system. Schools are divided into quintiles, from one to five; the poorest, in... →
Libya nurtures a fragile peace
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 22nd January 2021 Hopes for an end to the decade-long post-Muammar Gaddafi conflict are higher now than they have been for a long time. A ceasefire has held since... →
South Africa can’t afford more delays on controlling the use of explosives
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 22nd January 2021 At about 21:30 on 12 November 2020, an explosives truck was transporting around 20 925 kg of commercial explosives. Between Delmas and Leandra in... →
Covid-19 Vaccine Supply
22nd January 2021 A proverbial storm has developed around South Africa’s procurement, or the perceived lack thereof, of Covid-19 vaccines. People are understandably... →
Poverty setback
By: Terence Creamer 22nd January 2021 The Global Economic Prospects report, released by the World Bank earlier this month, makes for disturbing reading. The report states that the... →
Political economy of the just transitions in Africa
By: Saliem Fakir 22nd January 2021 The term ‘just transition’ may seem a neologism, but in reality it is not so new. It originated from the depths of US labour movement struggles in... →
Vaccine production in South Africa: how an industry in its infancy can be developed
21st January 2021 The issue of vaccine production has become a topic of hot debate following the approval of treatments for Covid-19. In South Africa angry exchanges... →
