Investing in young lives: A pathway to harnessing the demographic dividend and advancing human capital development
/ 23 May 2025

Investing in young lives: A pathway to harnessing the demographic dividend and advancing human capital development

South Africa is standing at a demographic crossroads. According to Statistics South Africa’s 2024 Mid-Year Population Estimates, the population under the age of 35 is approximately 36.5 million, representing about 58% of the total population of 63.02 million. The country, therefore, possesses a powerful engine for socio-economic transformation: its young people..  But this engine must […]

Public health, social justice and feminist governance– visioning the next 25 Years:  A farewell tribute to the work of Professor Olive Shisana
/ 23 May 2025

Public health, social justice and feminist governance– visioning the next 25 Years:  A farewell tribute to the work of Professor Olive Shisana

If Shakespeare were writing Marc Antony’s famous eulogy from Julius Caesar today and in a South African context, he would probably have said, “The good that South Africa and South Africans do is oft interred with their bones.”  These adapted words from Shakespeare, shared by Professor Olive Shisana during her farewell tribute, reverberated across the […]

Editorial: Make diplomacy great again
/ 23 May 2025

Editorial: Make diplomacy great again

No rational person should want to live in a world in which the president of a sovereign nation is compelled to prostrate themselves in front of another; or bring along their favourite golfers as if they are rare gifts to a feudal lord