The Conversation
Hage Geingob: Namibian president who played a modernising role
6th February 2024 Hage Gottfried Geingob served as the third president of Namibia from 2015 until his death on February 4 2024. He was Namibia’s first prime minister... →
Thirty years of rural health research: South Africa’s Agincourt studies offer unique insights
6th February 2024 In 1992 a group of academics from the University of the Witwatersrand introduced a health and socio-demographic surveillance system in remote,... →
Surveillance and the state: South Africa’s proposed new spying law is open for comment – an expert points out its flaws
6th February 2024 In early 2021, the South African Constitutional Court found that the country’s State Security Agency, through its signals intelligence agency, the... →
South Africa’s military is expected to do more than ever with tighter budgets: how the force has declined over 30 years
6th February 2024 The South African National Defence Force marks 30 years this year, having been established on 27 April 1994. It’s as old as the country’s... →
South Africans are opting to go off-grid: how they’re being helped, and hindered, in their efforts
2nd February 2024 Eskom, South Africa’s State-owned power utility, struggles to generate and supply a stable flow of electricity to meet demand. In 2023, there were... →
African countries are struggling with high debt, demands to spend more and collapsing currencies: the policy fixes that could help
1st February 2024 Highly indebted African countries are facing stark trade-offs between servicing expensive debt, supporting high and growing development needs, and... →
Nelson Mandela’s personal items under the hammer in New York? Why it outraged some, and what’s at stake
31st January 2024 An identity document, a pair of reading glasses, a hearing aid and a pair of worn shoes. These are just some of Nelson Mandela’s personal items... →
South Africa is failing people who aren’t poor, but aren’t middle class either
30th January 2024 Many South African households are trapped. They are neither poor nor middle class. As a demographic they hover above the indigence threshold... →
UN genocide ruling won’t change Israel’s behaviour: three reasons why
29th January 2024 South Africa took Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the latter’s military operation in Gaza, which South Africa calls acts of... →
Matric results: South Africa’s record school pass rates aren’t what they seem – what’s really happening in the education system
29th January 2024 South Africa’s matric (grade 12) class of 2023, which wrote final school-leaving exams late last year, has been hailed by the country’s minister of... →
