South Africa considers itself to be playing a key role in promoting the ‘African Agenda’ in continental and world affairs. But perceptions in the rest of Africa tell a different story.
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In reelection bid, Merkel’s not just up against a xenophobic, nationalist party in Germany. In the wake of Trump’s election, liberal democracies around the world hope she’ll defend them, too.
The Japanese attack on a US naval base on Dec. 7, 1941 set in motion a series of events that transformed the United States into a global superpower. Will Donald Trump bring that era to an end?
Despite the noble goals of the new South Africa and its ideals of racial harmony, racial tensions remain a major problem in the country. Prejudice and bigotry persists even in universities.
Swinburne political scientist Bryan Cranton looks at why so many experts got the US Election so wrong
Is xenophobic rhetoric enough to get Latinos to turn out in large numbers? An expert on Latino politics explains.
The facts contradict Donald Trump’s anti-Mexican rhetoric, but US mischaracterisation of its southern neighbor isn’t new to this election season - nor will it end in November.
The foundation founded by Nelson Mandela in 1999 has done a major revision - it has written off most of his reign as comprising “grand symbolic gestures”.
The death of Polish resident Arkadiusz Jóźwik has raised tensions in Harlow.
Even indirect exposure to the terrorist attacks of September 11 has left profound and deep impact on those too young to remember a world before that.
The past decade has shown a strong connection between political protests and the looting of foreign-owned shops in South Africa. Research shows that local leaders use protests to maintain their power.
The future of democracy depends on developing a left-wing populism that can revive public interest by mobilising political passions in the fight for an alternative to neoliberal de-democratisation.
The Republican frontrunner’s anti-Mexican rants have shocked the US – but Mexicans have heard it all before.
Migrant children may feel uncomfortable or shy trying to verbally explain their experiences. Photography is a powerful medium through which to make their voices heard.
South Africans’ faith in the post-apartheid system of democracy is clearly slipping - and some even suggest that a return to apartheid would be a good thing.
Robert Sobukwe developed the philosophy of African nationalism to even higher intellectual heights. The lesson for humanity was his ideological stand that there is only one race - the human race.
Many works published on decolonisation originate from Ngugi wa Thiongo’s idea of decolonising the African mind. Imperialism, he writes, has left its mark on the minds of the previously colonised.
Contrary to the view that all migrants take jobs from South Africans, research shows that migrant entrepreneurs generate employment for local citizens.
Australia’s key foundation stories have a narrative arc based on the slow simmering of social tension and anxiety culminating in an explosive release of group hostility. Was Cronulla any different?
In the next few weeks we may see a resurgence of rhetoric calling for more resources to fight the War on Terror following the Paris attacks. Islamophobia may take deeper root in Europe as a whole.
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Chief Research Specialist., Human Sciences Research Council
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Co-Director of the Wits-Oxford Mobility Governance Lab, University of the Witwatersrand
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Spécialiste de la politique américaine, Sciences Po
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Senior researcher, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute
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Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor and Chair, Department of Journalism, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor of Law, Queen's University, Ontario
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Executive director, Africa Institute of South Africa, Human Sciences Research Council
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Senior research fellow, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute
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Postdoctoral Researcher at the African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Public Affairs, Tshwane University of Technology