Omicron is the new Covid kid on the block: five steps to avoid, ten to take immediately
November 30, 2021
In view of the new variant, there are a few steps that governments shouldn’t be taking. And some they should be taking.
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Omicron is the new Covid kid on the block: five steps to avoid, ten to take immediately
November 30, 2021
In view of the new variant, there are a few steps that governments shouldn’t be taking. And some they should be taking.
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Omicron is the new Covid kid on the block: five steps to avoid, ten to take immediately
In view of the new variant, there are a few steps that governments shouldn’t be taking. And some they should be taking.
November 30, 2021
How electricity changes lives: a Rwandan case study
Rwanda has implemented one of the most comprehensive electrification programmes in the world. In 2009 only 6 per cent of Rwandans had access to electricity.
November 8, 2021
Work as we knew it has changed. Time to think beyond the wage
The ways in which people think about ‘work’ are increasingly out of step with the everyday realities of work for most people in the world.
November 7, 2021
How big companies are targeting middle income countries to boost ultra-processed food sales
Corporations producing these products are rapidly expanding their operations in industrialising countries.
November 6, 2021
Marriages of inconvenience: The fraught politics of coalitions in South Africa
South Africa’s political parties would do well to learn from Ireland, where the three largest political parties negotiated a coalition treaty over one hundred pages long.
November 4, 2021
South Africa’s way forward: Abandon old ideas, embrace bold experimentation
In this moment of crisis, South Africa urgently needs decisive action. But all too often South Africans of all political stripes seem trapped in stale discourses.
November 4, 2021
South Africa’s labour market trends from 2009 to 2019: a lost decade?
By Derek Yu, Professor, Economics, University of the Western Cape and Charles Adams Lecturer, University of the Western Cape Unemployment remains one of South
November 4, 2021
Why foreign countries are scrambling to set up bases in Africa
At least 13 foreign powers have a substantial military presence on the continent. The US and France are at the forefront of conducting operations on African soil.
November 3, 2021
All public universities get private money, but some get much more than the rest
Since the 1990s, most public universities have treated fundraising as an increasingly significant source of revenue, on top of taxpayer dollars and tuition payments.
November 3, 2021
