Boniface Dulani – The Conversation

Malawi’s Zomba forest is losing trees because of the need for fuelwood. Wilpunt/Getty Images

July 23, 2025

Forest loss in Malawi: how having women at the table affected debates and decisions about solutions – research

Katrina Kosec, Johns Hopkins University; Amanda Clayton, University of California, Berkeley; Amanda Lea Robinson, The Ohio State University, and Boniface Dulani, University of Cape Town

In rural Malawi, women influence discussions on how to combat climate change in communities that depend on forests for survival.

Zambia has become increasingly ruled by fear under President Edgar Lungu. EPA/Philippe Wojazer

July 23, 2017

Zambians firmly defend democracy. But will they stand up against Lungu?

Boniface Dulani, University of Cape Town and Michael Bratton, Michigan State University

Zambia has gone from a country where people engaged freely in open political debate to one where most people now look over their shoulders to see who’s listening.

More South Africans are taking to the streets to hold government accountable. Reuters/Mike Hutchings

February 16, 2016

South Africans are demanding more of their leaders, and democracy

Boniface Dulani, University of Cape Town and Rorisang Lekalake, University of Cape Town

South Africans’ faith in the post-apartheid system of democracy is clearly slipping - and some even suggest that a return to apartheid would be a good thing.

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