While teachers were employing the right strategies, they were not giving targeted attention to the non-readers in their classes.
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The southern African wildlife economy is socially and environmentally unsustainable.
In Namibia it’s a criminal offence for men to have sex with men – but the high court has overturned this as unconstitutional. The state will no doubt appeal.
Africa hosts substantial reserves of critical minerals.
Katherine Browne and Margaret Angula talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about a UN pilot in Namibia that’s pioneering community-led climate adaptation.
The strategy aims to conserve biodiversity while also contributing to the creation of jobs and economic growth.
There are several reasons why ethical conduct in scientific research is so important.
Hage Geingob’s legacy as a moderniser will live on despite contradictions and unfulfilled promises.
The teachers did not often adapt their practices to suit their specific cultural and linguistic contexts.
To fight global warming we will soon have to try to remove carbon dioxide from the skies or find ways to reflect the Sun’s heat. Such radical paths must be examined, but risky experiments avoided.
Anna “Kakurukaze” Mungunda became the most widely acknowledged face of the resistance to the apartheid policy of forced removal.
Fewer than a quarter of once-colonized countries make official government-to-government requests for an apology or reparations.
Getting climate funds to frontline communities may require rich countries and the UN easing control over how the money is spent.
Ahtisaari’s role in Namibia was crucial. But he left a major legacy in pursuing peace in various places of conflict in his later life too.
Mountain flora in the Kaokoveld deserve priority conservation efforts.
The trend towards decriminalising same sex relations in the SADC region contrasts with moves towards harsher punishment in other parts of Africa.
Oceanographic systems vary over years, decades and centuries.
South Africa eyes a fourth title while Namibia aims to win its first world cup match. Rugby shows huge potential for growth in Africa.
Oil and gas exploration pose a threat to the Okavango River Basin water resources. The Namibian and Botswana governments need to properly assess the risk of contamination.
Immigration policy is so highly politicised that the South African government seems afraid to move.
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor in Political Science, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute
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Emeritus Professor, University of Cape Town
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Visiting Professor, University of Kent
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Professor of Anthropology, University of the Western Cape
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Director of African Climate and Development Initiative, Professor in Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town
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Researcher in TESOL & Literacy, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Senior Lecturer, North-West University
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Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins 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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Afrobarometer Senior Analyst/Methodologist, University of Cape Town
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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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Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute
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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 scientist, Stellenbosch University