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Telecom statistics are key to socioeconomic development
Telecom statistics are key to socioeconomic development
The International Telecommunication Union, the UN specialised agency for information and communication technologies, is gearing itself for the 14th...
The shortest route out of poverty is through better governance
The shortest route out of poverty is through better governance
The highest poverty burden on the globe can be found in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2015, the region accounted for only 14% of the world’s total...
The shortest route out of poverty is through better governance
The shortest route out of poverty is through better governance
The highest poverty burden on the globe can be found in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2015, the region accounted for only 14% of the world’s total...
​New law makes whistle-blowing riskier
​New law makes whistle-blowing riskier
More and more whistle-blowers seem to be emerging into the light as new revelations are made daily about state capture, but this is misleading. In...
​Globalisation is ticking along and it’s best not to mess with it
​Globalisation is ticking along and it’s best not to mess with it
ANALYSISThis year has been full of news about the slowing or perhaps even the end of globalisation. The evidence is global trade volumes...
​Public Protector's state capture investigations get mired in red tape
​Public Protector's state capture investigations get mired in red tape
NEWS ANALYSISThe once fast-paced investigation into state capture has slowed to a sloth’s pace, with the office of the public protector...
​Higher education not a commodity
​Higher education not a commodity
Through their protests, campaigns and actions students have placed several fundamental issues on the public agenda. Among the most important of...
Letters to the editor: November 18 to 24 2016
Letters to the editor: November 18 to 24 2016
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​Coloniality persists in our universities and we must urgently decolonise
​Coloniality persists in our universities and we must urgently decolonise
COMMENTThe movement to decolonise higher education — a coalition of students, progressive academics, university staff and concerned...
NEWS ANALYSIS: All the skittles in Zuma's alley are tumbling down
NEWS ANALYSIS: All the skittles in Zuma's alley are tumbling down
NEWS ANALYSISThe year 2016 has been President Jacob Zuma’s annus horribilis. The wreckages of political careers, all current or former Zuma...
You’d better believe politicians’  hot air
You’d better believe politicians’  hot air
Do you know who seems to be delighted with the election of Donald Trump? The white right. Over the past week, I have watched the likes of Steve...
​Authors are (not) selling themselves
​Authors are (not) selling themselves
In South Africa, the Fallist-inspired approach of “decolonising everything” has to some extent polarised literature circles. Older writers,...
Goodbye to the West, and hello to China
Goodbye to the West, and hello to China
AFRICAFollowing a campaign that flew in the face of everything liberal elite Americans stand for, Donald Trump is now president-elect of the...
​Starved of a soft place to land
​Starved of a soft place to land
I have fasted in my life — once for a period of two months. Eating at dawn and sunset each day but going without during the day. In times of...
Spoonfuls of raw meat and ‘stubborn gladness’
Spoonfuls of raw meat and ‘stubborn gladness’
On the day Donald Trump was announced as the president elect of the United States, my response was to imagine the last time I felt truly carefree....
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