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Voting trends and party support over 20 years
30th April 2024 Polls predict that the ANC will finish below 50% in the May 2024 general election. Elections are a contest for power in general and control over... →
How the Mandela myth helped win the battle for democracy in South Africa
29th April 2024 Political history scholar Jonny Steinberg’s 2023 book Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage is a double biography of South Africa’s most famous... →
Owning a gun in South Africa offers some safety, but risks run high for users and society – expert
29th April 2024 South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, eclipsed only by Honduras and a handful of Caribbean island states. Furthermore,... →
South Africa’s young education researchers need networks to share experience more than pressure to produce outputs
26th April 2024 South Africa has for many years been a strong player in several areas of world-class research. Some of the country’s researchers have made major... →
Boko Haram factional violence worries Islamic State
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 26th April 2024 In its quest to expand beyond North East Nigeria, JAS–ISWAP clashes aren’t in the global terror group’s interests. In October 2023, Boko Haram’s... →
Reflect and recommit
By: Terence Creamer 26th April 2024 Memories are short and it often feels like they are becoming shorter not only because of the flood of information associated with the 24-hour news... →
R21 anti-malaria vaccine is a game changer: scientist who helped design it reflects on 30 years of research, and what it promises
25th April 2024 Until three years ago nobody had developed a vaccine against any parasitic disease. Now there are two against malaria: the RTS,S and the R21... →
Rwanda’s post-genocide model prioritises security over freedom and equality – a risk to future stability
25th April 2024 Rwanda, a small and landlocked central African country, has made remarkable socio-economic progress since the 1994 genocide in which an estimated... →
History for sale: what does South Africa’s struggle heritage mean after 30 years of democracy?
24th April 2024 One of my favourite statues is the one of Nelson Mandela at the Sandton City shopping centre in Johannesburg. Larger than life, its oversized... →
Time is right for a South Atlantic climate alliance
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 24th April 2024 With their leading roles regionally and in the G20 and COP30, a Brazil-South Africa partnership could prompt useful south-south ties. Africa’s... →
