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Why students don’t attend lectures: what we found at a South African u...

October 9, 2021 no comments

Christie Swanepoel, University of the Western Cape; Derek Yu, University of the Western Cape, and Rochelle Beukes Over the last couple of decades, factors influencing the success of first-year univer...

Risks and rewards for South African president as he takes the stand at...

April 28, 2021 no comments

Richard Calland, University of Cape Town President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to appear before the Zondo Commission of inquiry into corruption in South Africa comes at a delicate time. A great deal h...

Precarious power tilts towards Ramaphosa in battle inside South Africa...

April 21, 2021 no comments

Susan Booysen, University of the Witwatersrand It appears, for the moment, that South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has won a key battle in the war for control of the governing African National C...

Why South Africa’s HIV prevention programmes should include sex ...

March 29, 2021 no comments

Monique Huysamen, Manchester Metropolitan University and Marlise Richter, University of the Witwatersrand There are around 150,000 sex workers in South Africa. The National Strategic Plan on HIV iden...

A close look at how the net has tightened on the right to protest in S...

March 26, 2021 no comments

Jane Duncan, University of Johannesburg South Africa’s public order policing is as ill as it ever was. This has been illustrated in recent student protests spreading across the country’s campuses. In...

The four big challenges facing Patrice Motsepe, Africa’s new soc...

March 26, 2021 no comments

Chuka Onwumechili, Howard University South African mining magnate Patrice Motsepe is set to become the eighth president of CAF – the Confederation of African Football – since 1957. He’ll take over fr...