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Isabel Bosman-Burnett

Isabel Bosman-Burnett is a researcher in the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs.

Youth unemployment remains very high. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

SOUTH AFRICA

16 JUN 2026

Same fight, different adversary: From political oppression in 1976 to economic exclusion in 2026

South Africa commemorates 32 years of democracy, 50 years since the Soweto uprising, and 30 years since its progressive Constitution. Yet, despite political freedom, the nation's…

Isabel Bosman-Burnett
Nosipho Dube

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