Brian Levy, Johns Hopkins University Foundation essay: our foundation essays are longer than usual and take a wider look at a key issue affecting society. In…
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Stephen Devereux, Institute of Development Studies The basic income grant debate has been rumbling in South Africa for two decades, ever since the grant was recommended…
Lulama Ndibongo Traub, Stellenbosch University; Thomas Jayne, Michigan State University, and Wandile Sihlobo, University of the Witwatersrand What will it take to build sustainable, resilient food…
Doyin Odubanjo, Nigerian Academy of Science With rising cases of the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Nigeria, there is heightened concern about how well…
Neelaveni Padayachee, University of the Witwatersrand and Varsha Bangalee, University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout programme, outlined by the Ministry of Health, had three…
Rongedzayi Fambasayi, North-West University Every day, millions of children experience violence in one form or another. It is a global problem that cuts across colour, class,…
Lindy Heinecken, Stellenbosch University In a show of force unprecedented since South Africa became a democracy in 1994, the South African National Defence Force has commissioned…
Migration is increasingly recognised as a determinant of health.
Kwame Adovor Tsikudo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Aid, trade and foreign direct investments typify China’s global rise and its African activities. Central to China’s expanding…
Nina G. Jablonski, Penn State Skin We Are In is a landmark South African book for children (and grown-ups) on the subject of skin colour. Published…