By Anthony Kaziboni, Senior Researcher, Centre for Social Development in Africa (CSDA), University of Johannesburg
During colonialism and apartheid, Black South Africans were largely not supplied with clean, running water. New water laws must overturn this water inequality.
(Full Story)
|
By Henning Melber, Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
The former liberation movement South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo) has been in firm political control of Namibia since independence in 1990.
Support for the party in the national assembly and presidential elections reached a high point…
(Full Story)
|
By Shüné Oliver, Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Jaishree Raman, Principal Medical Scientist and Head of Laboratory for Antimalarial Resistance Monitoring and Malaria Operational Research, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
While the emergence of colourful butterflies is a welcome sign of summer, the constant buzzing of mosquitoes is an annoying part of the season.
Mosquitoes are more than just pests. They are the world’s most dangerous animal. Their presence signals the start of the malaria season in southern Africa.
It is for this reason that the Southern African Development Community recognises the first week of November as SADC Malaria Week, with 6 November as SADC Malaria Day.
During this week the dangers…
(Full Story)
|
By Amnesty International
Türkiye’s parliament must reject the draft amendment to the country’s ‘espionage’ laws which, if passed, would significantly threaten the ability of civil society organizations to operate freely within the country, said more than 80 organizations ahead of an expected vote in parliament. Scores of other organizations issued similar statements, calling on the legislators to reject […] The post Türkiye: Proposed ‘agents of influence’ law is attack on civil society and must be rejected appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
(Full Story)
|
By Stephen Khan, Editor
Alfred Hermida: ‘The scholars who write for The Conversation are taking on journalistic practices, guided and mentored by our team of professional journalists’
(Full Story)
|
By Katie Tonkiss, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Policy, Aston University
In being granted British citizenship, Paddington has fared far differently than most people arriving in the UK in need of help.
(Full Story)
|
By Oliver Heath, Professor of Politics, Royal Holloway University of London
Laura Serra, Postdoctoral Research Officer, London School of Economics and Political Science
Class was once a strong indicator of which political party you would support. But since 2001, something quite different has been happening.
(Full Story)
|
By Laura Hood, Host, Know Your Place podcast, The Conversation
Listen to the fifth and final episode of Know Your Place: what happened to class in British politics from The Conversation Documentaries podcast.
(Full Story)
|
By Sven Vanneste, Professor of Clinical Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin
Elva Arulchelvan, Lecturer in Psychology and PhD Researcher in Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin
Forgetting is part of our daily lives. You may walk into a room only to forget why you went in there – or perhaps someone says hi on the street and you can’t remember their name.
But why do we forget things? Is it simply a sign of memory impairment, or are there benefits?
One of the earliest findings in this area highlighted that forgetting can occur simply because the average person’s memories fade away. This comes from 19th century German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus, whose “forgetting curve” showed how most…
(Full Story)
|
By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
Incumbent Maia Sandu won by more than 100,000 votes – but many of these were cast by citizens living abroad.
(Full Story)
|