Jessika Bohlmann

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A worker fits solar panels for South Africa’s first municipally owned solar plant in 2025. Photo by RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images

South Africa’s move to greener energy is creating new jobs, but benefits aren’t evenly spread

Jessika Bohlmann, University of Pretoria; Getrude Njokwe, University of Pretoria; Kehinde Oluwaseun Omotoso, and Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, University of Pretoria

A just transition to a green economy with broad growth in employment will require deliberate efforts.
Context should shape approaches to gender equity. Namthip Muanthongthae via Getty Images

Gender equality is the goal, but how to get there? Case study of South Africa and Australia shows that context matters

Roula Inglesi-Lotz, University of Pretoria; Anna Maria Oosthuizen; Getrude Njokwe, University of Pretoria; Heinrich Bohlmann, University of Pretoria; Helen Cabalu; Hiroaki Suenaga, Curtin University; Jessika Bohlmann, University of Pretoria; Julian Inchauspe, Curtin University; Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, University of Pretoria, and Nguyen Tuan Khuong Truong, Curtin University

Achieving gender parity could take more than a century. South Africa and Australia show why context matters – and why there’s no single formula for equality.
People queue for food aid south of Johannesburg. The impact of COVID-19 on people’s livelihoods has been severe. Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

COVID‑19 has hurt some more than others: South Africa needs policies that reflect this

Jessika Bohlmann, University of Pretoria; Helene Maisonnave, Université Le Havre Normandie; Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, University of Pretoria; Martin Henseler, Université Le Havre Normandie, and Ramos Emmanuel Mabugu, Sol Plaatje University

South Africa’s economic recovery plan must focus on at least three areas: protecting vulnerable populations, supporting the vulnerable sectors and external trade diversification.

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