Commerce, culture and heritage mix in rather strange and sometimes unsettling ways in South Africa, especially when the struggle for freedom is commemorated.
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A threshold has been crossed, with a pessimistic outlook becoming more dominant than an optimistic one.
Freedom Day needs to be used by South Africans to renew their commitment to correcting their country’s faults.
South Africans are increasingly dissatisfied with democracy because of its failure to address inequality.
Experts in viral immunology, ethics and computational biology share their thoughts on England sloughing off the last of the COVID restrictions.
The “Freedom Day” rhetoric around the end of COVID-19 restrictions can be best understood through the lens of propaganda.
A philosopher of public health ponders whether taking your mask off on July 19 is like punching someone in the face or like riding a bike.
To build a political culture that supports democracy in South Africa, civic education needs to move beyond voter education.
In the country’s insider politics, the majority who try to survive outside the formal economy are talked about, but are never heard.
For the first time since the end of apartheid in 1994, citizens have had to accept stringent restrictions on their normal civil liberties.
As South Africa marks 25 years of freedom, many citizens have to contend with the harsh reality that they can’t eat democracy.
This years’ Freedom Day in South Africa can signify a difference: a renewal and return to the values of the 1994 social contract
The removal of Jacob Zuma from power is to be welcomed but, it’s not the answer to South Africa’s problems.
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s term in office so far, makes it seem that South Africa can hope and dream again. That’s quite a gift for Freedom Day.
President Lukashenko’s recent reconciliation with Putin is unlikely to help Belarusian citizens caught up in post-Soviet economic and social turmoil.
South Africa’s transition to democracy was based on the values of inclusive politics, reconciliation, human rights and constitutionalism. Twenty-two years on, how has the country fared?
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Chief Research Specialist in Democracy and Citizenship at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State
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Professor in Political Science, University of South Africa
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Lecturer Department of African Studies and Linguistics, University of Cape Town
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Senior researcher, Centre for Social Change, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor in Viral Immunology, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Consultant Neonatologist and Professor of Ethics, University of Oxford
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Professor of Public Affairs, Tshwane University of Technology
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Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, UCT. Visiting Adjunct Professor, WITS School of Governance; Director, Africa Programme, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
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Senior Lecturer in Political Communications, Nottingham Trent University
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Research Director: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES) research division, and Coordinator of the South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS), Human Sciences Research Council
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Public Health, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Urban Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Political scientist specilized in the Post-Soviet countries