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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

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Africa

Protests in Kenya and Uganda highlight corruption at the top – but political elites don’t give in without a fight

      By Inge Amundsen, Chr. Michelsen Institute     The recent protests by young people in Kenya and Uganda have highlighted a form of corruption that is difficult to deal with: political corruption. Compared to its cousin, administrative or bureaucratic corruption (such as a civil servant soliciting a bribe to provide a public service), political corruption is much more difficult to fight. This is because it is perpetrated […]

todayAugust 1, 2024 23

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German colonialism in Africa has a chilling history – new book explores how it lives on

      By Henning Melber, University of Pretoria     Germany was a significant – and often brutal – colonial power in Africa. But this colonial history is not told as often as that of other imperialist nations. A new book called The Long Shadow of German Colonialism: Amnesia, Denialism and Revisionism aims to bring the past into the light. It explores not just the history of German colonialism, […]

todayAugust 1, 2024 26

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World

Hamas leader’s killing in Tehran likely to further escalate violence in Middle East

        By Ian Parmeter, Australian National University     Palestinian militant group Hamas says its top political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, has been killed in his home in Tehran. It blames Israel for the attack, saying it was “a Zionist airstrike on his residence in Tehran after he participated in the inauguration of Iran’s new president”. Iran has not yet given any details on how Haniyeh was killed, […]

todayJuly 31, 2024 14

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Opinion Pieces

Rich countries are paying poorer ones to manage their refugee crises: 3 reasons this is dangerous

        By Ali Bhagat, Simon Fraser University and Genevieve LeBaron, Simon Fraser University     In recent years, western nations have been sending asylum seekers who arrive at their borders to other countries. This is a practice known as offshoring. The UK has become the recent poster country of this practice. The UK, whose plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was later scrapped after domestic and […]

todayJuly 31, 2024 14

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Health / Medical

Ticks in South Africa are becoming resistant to pesticides – and may become uncontrollable

        By Luther van der Mescht, University of the Free State     Ticks that suck the blood of South Africa’s cattle are developing resistance to the only pesticides that kill them and have become increasingly difficult to control. If not contained, the spread and resistance to pesticides of these small parasites will affect farmers’ incomes and could reduce the country’s meat and milk production. South Africa […]

todayJuly 31, 2024 22

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Green energy for all: Zimbabwe will need a new social contract to roll out projects like solar power

        By Ellen Fungisai Chipango, University of Johannesburg and Long Seng To, Loughborough University     The Zimbabwean government is racing against time to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 7: affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030. However, the race towards green energy is top-down and mostly privatised. New technology is being introduced or sold to individuals or small families, but renewable […]

todayJuly 31, 2024 16

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Business / Economics

Saving for retirement in South Africa? Four tips to navigate the new pension rules

      By Adrian Saville, University of Pretoria     South Africa is changing its pension laws. The new system is designed to give individuals the opportunity to access only a portion of their retirement funds before they retire in the case of dire need – or even in case of desire. To an extent, this makes sense, given the low savings rate in the country. It forces individuals […]

todayJuly 31, 2024 12

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South Africa

South Africa’s unity government could see a continuation of the ANC’s political dominance – and hurt the DA

    By Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand     The ANC’s loss of its majority in the recent election, and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s formation of a government of national unity, have been interpreted by some commentators as indicating the end of the ANC as a “dominant party”. That is, one which recurrently wins elections and hence dominates a political system. Their argument, and it is not unconvincing, is […]

todayJuly 30, 2024 22

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Environment

African archaeology has neglected Namibia’s deserts, but scientists now know when an ancient lake supported human life in the Namib Sand Sea

The Narabeb site showing location of former lake. Abi Stone, Author provided     By Abi Stone, University of Manchester and Dominic Stratford, University of the Witwatersrand     Desert regions in northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula have been well studied by archaeologists as the home of early humans and as routes of migration along “green corridors”. The archaeology of southern Africa’s west coast desert belt has not received the […]

todayJuly 30, 2024 25

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