By Daniela Marggraff, University of Pretoria; Maxi Schoeman, University of Pretoria, and Samuel Oyewole, University of Pretoria President Donald Trump’s…
Tag: South Africa
Why was South Africa’s ambassador to the US expelled? A view of the Ebrahim Rasool affair
By Peter Vale, University of Pretoria In a rare move, the Trump administration expelled Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa’s ambassador to…
Nuclear war threat: why Africa’s pushing for a complete ban
By Olamide Samuel, University of Leicester At a time of heightened geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine, intensified by strategic…
What is apartheid? New book for young readers explains South Africa’s racist system
By Xolisa Guzula, University of Cape Town and Athambile Masola, University of Cape Town A new book, Together Apart: The…
15 million South Africans don’t get enough to eat every day: 4 solutions
By Stephen Devereux, Institute of Development Studies; Busiso Moyo, University of the Western Cape, and Mark Heywood, University of Cape…
Naming and shaming rape suspects: South African court ruling challenges current thinking
By Bonita Meyersfeld, University of the Witwatersrand Victims and survivors of gender-based violence have increasingly started naming perpetrators in public.…
South Africa has failed to deliver access to enough water for millions – a new approach is needed
By Tracy Ledger, University of Johannesburg South Africa is one of only 52 countries that guarantee access to water as…
Trump and South Africa: what is white victimhood, and how is it linked to white supremacy?
By Nicky Falkof, University of the Witwatersrand American president Donald Trump has issued an executive order to withdraw aid from…
Land seizure and South Africa’s new expropriation law: scholar weighs up the act
By Zsa-Zsa Temmers Boggenpoel, Stellenbosch University South Africa has a new law to govern the expropriation (or compulsory acquisition) of…
South African troops are dying in the DRC: why they’re there and what’s going wrong
By Lindy Heinecken, Stellenbosch University The death of South African soldiers on a Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in…
