Medium-term expenditure frameworks can be useful only when they are based on comprehensive medium-term development plans.
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Africa’s key to future food-nutrition security may depend on the untapped potential of indigenous fruit trees.
The revered trombonist, composer and cultural activist never wished to be ‘the state composer’ but remained political until the end, in service of the people.
Fracking in Botswana could have an impact not only the country’s groundwater, but also that of Namibia and South Africa.
Locust outbreaks are driven by unusual climatic conditions.
Tourism ventures in a water-stressed region like southern Africa need to balance the needs of guests and staff with the needs of surrounding communities.
Communities who are the custodians of the knowledge associated with African traditional medicinal plants must derive a fair economic return from these natural resources.
How communities in Botswana are counting the costs of a trophy hunting ban.
The gap between the continent’s most democratic and authoritarian regions is likely to continue to grow.
Many carnivores are ambush predators. Being seen by their prey can lead to them abandoning the hunt.
The death toll stands at nearly 400 elephants of both sexes and all ages.
As the bushfire royal commission examines whether to expand the use of indigenous fire techniques, overseas countries are already on board.
According to the estimates by the World Health Organisation, Africa is one of two regions – along with the Eastern Mediterranean region – where smoking rates are on the rise.
Without a clear framework within which decisions can be made, heritage resources will forever be threatened by development.
South Africa’s disaster management plan targets the most vulnerable. But it needs to respond in a more deliberate way when it comes to people with disabilities.
Downgrades have a devastating effect on economies that are already strained. The decision to downgrade during a crisis like the coronavirus pandemic must be challenged.
Predominant public sentiment remains largely anti-homosexual and overshadows constitutionally guaranteed rights in Africa.
In Eswatini, Botswana, South Africa and Lesotho more than 1 in 5 children are HIV-exposed but uninfected. A coordinated strategy is needed to ensure all children reach their developmental potential.
A survey of San ostrich eggshell beads - a common find at archaeological sites - paints a bigger picture of hunter-gatherers, herders and shifting cultural tradition.
A retrospective exhibition displays the key works from the life and times of activist and artist Judy Seidman. She has used political posters as a galvanising force in the fight against injustice.
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Research Associate, Department of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand; Chief Research Officer, Good Governance Africa; Managing Director, Harvey Economics Pty Ltd.
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Professor of International Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, and acting SARChI Chair in International Constitutional Law, University of Pretoria
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Senior Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Professor, North-West University
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Director: UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control, University of Pretoria
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Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University
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Assistant Professor, Harvard University
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Visiting Professor, University of Kent
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Honorary Research Fellow, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor in the Centre for Environmental Management, University of the Free State
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Yarik Turianskyi is Manager of the Governance and African Peer Review Mechanism Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs and guest lecturer in African Governance and Eastern European Politics, University of Pretoria
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Afrobarometer Senior Analyst/Methodologist, University of Cape Town