There is never going to be a final assessment of Mandela’s legacy. How it is regarded will continue to change, depending on the destination South Africa travels to.
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The evidence shows that political risk in South Africa has increased markedly in certain areas over the past two decades.
The time is long past that Pretoria’s admonitions of bad behaviour by Zimbabwe’s leaders are backed by a credible threat of sanction and punishment.
By many measures, America is failing, and its people - in fact, the world - need the nuclear and military giant to turn itself around.
The transnational project conceived 30 years ago to replenish the drying waters of Lake Chad finally seems poised to take off. But first, internal politics within member states must be overcome.
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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PhD Candidate, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State
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Lecturer in Politics, The University of Melbourne