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That there is no clear favourite to win shows the campaigning has been relatively free and competitive.
Kenyans take to the streets in the capital, Nairobi, to call for peaceful August 2022 elections.
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Patronage politics, a history of violent conflict and high-stakes elections increase the risks of poll violence in Kenya.
Lorries blocked at the border between DRC and Zambia. Poor roads are a major stumbling block to trade.
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Producers in Zambia should be getting more for their crops, and buyers in East Africa should be paying less, alleviating food price spikes.
Jose Eduardo dos Santos.
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Dos Santos was a withdrawn president. His silence produced an aura of power and the cult of personality that surrounded him.
Former Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos.
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Dos Santos died as he had lived and governed: in silence. His silence, and what he accomplished with it, is his most enduring legacy.
Making sense of what’s tripping the switch on South Africa’s electricity supply.
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Five essential reads on why South Africa is failing to keep the lights on.
Detail of the cover of the new book featuring art by Norman Catherine.
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This book succeeds well in describing and criticising, through many examples, how whiteness works.
South Africa has some of the best solar and wind resources in the world.
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Considering South Africa’s climatic advantage, the fraction of electricity generated from renewable energy technologies is low.
President Cyril Ramaphosa, right, receives the final State Capture Report from Chief Juistice Raymond Zondo.
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The commission could have made more of the evidence and been more categorical about when it thought criminality had taken place.
Electric Cars being recharged in Paris. South Africa needs to subsidise entry level vehicles to boost sales.
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Unless ambitious public policy action is taken, electric vehicles will remain the privilege of the few for the foreseeable future.
A woman selling produce at the Manzini Wholesale Produce and Craft Market in Swaziland.
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Monitoring and enforcing competition rules is essential to level the playing field for fairer food markets.
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Quantum leaders are curious, adaptable and tolerant of ambiguity and uncertainty.
Textbook writers must record multiple perspectives to allow pupils to examine all sides and decide on ethical issues for themselves.
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The US and the Soviet Union are both seen as responsible for the Cold War and presented as manipulating more vulnerable states.
Detail of a photo of Can Themba at Drum magazine.
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Abundantly talented and flawed, apartheid-era writer Can Themba wasn’t afraid to put his body on the line for a story.
The farmers’ predicament can’t be viewed in isolation and must be understood within the context of global processes beyond their control.
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The state controls and regulates small farmers’ environmental practices without addressing what forces them to follow these practices.
A group of migrants are guided up the beach after being brought into Kent on a lifeboat.
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The choice of Rwanda has a logic about it. But it’s also controversial.
William Ruto
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As an outlier in Kenya’s political power matrix, Ruto was elbowed out by the establishment. But he has somersaulted back by appealing directly to the masses.
South Africa has an extensive social security network, but poverty levels remain obstinately high.
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Social security reforms are needed that include support for the long-term and chronically unemployed and informal workers.
Russias Novovoronezh plant in central Russia which is a sister project to Turkey’s first nuclear power plant, the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant.
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Russia is a big player in the global nuclear power construction business. Why this era could soon be over.
South Africa’s energy sector is being guided by an outdated Integrated Resource Plan.
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South Africa’s biggest successes in the last year in relation to energy have been in regulatory matters.