The answers to what needs to be done to solve the chronic water crisis in South Africa’s towns and cities have been known for some time.
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A new DA leader will have implications for the party’s relationship with President Cyril Ramaphosa as well as the government of national unity.
There is a link between an enduring perception of marginalisation within Coloured communities and real material struggles.
The programme showed improved mental health, reduced distress and a stronger sense of belonging among unemployed young people.
A study in South Africa’s Western Cape province found high levels of symptoms of depression and anxiety among young adolescents.
The study provides reason for optimism about the effects of minimum wage policies on poverty.
South Africa’s white shark population is not in decline but migrating to survive.
Hollywood undermines Africa’s struggles, creating a false impression of the continent to please western viewers.
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A pair of killer whales are hunting and preying on South Africa's great white sharks, forcing the sharks to flee.
Time out of school erased a year’s worth of schooling for public school learners in South Africa.
The study revealed a link between youth, troubled behaviour and a lack of access to recreational spaces in marginalised communities.
The progressively earlier flowering places the daisies at greater risk of failed flowering seasons. This would be a blow to biodiversity and tourism.
Labour migrants from other provinces into Gauteng and the Western Cape are more likely to be employed than the two provinces’ permanent residents.
The election will not change the government, but may change the balance of power between the two factions of the governing ANC, led by Cyril Ramaphosa and Jacob Zuma.
Easy access to alcohol and exposure to alcohol advertisements affect social and health outcomes.
Breaking the cycle of illegal abalone poaching in South Africa is going to be tough, but not impossible.
The ANC has lost so much support among its traditional voters it’s now forced to look beyond them to retain power.
Comic contracts can meet all the requirements for contracts to be legally binding.
More than 90% of violent crimes in South Africa fall outside the categories named in the police’s new anti-crime strategy.
Governing parties and officials need to take note of the frustration being expressed by ordinary South Africans.
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Marine biologist, Rhodes University
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Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and Development Studied, University of Johannesburg
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Human Sciences Research Council
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Professor, Economics, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor in Political Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Public Health, University of Oxford
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Research Director, Development Capable and Ethical State, Human Sciences Research Council
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Associate Professor of Commercial Law, University of Cape Town
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Senior Researcher in Global Health, Stellenbosch 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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Postdoctoral research fellow, iThemba LABS
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Professor and Research Theme Leader of the Flourishing Life Research Theme, University of the Free State
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Associate Professor at the ARUA Water Centre of Excellence Academic Manager, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University