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Now that South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC) has a new head, Cyril Ramaphosa, many are wondering how long the party’s outgoing leader Jacob Zuma can hold onto his role as the country’s president. Zuma’s supporters are strongly supportive of the idea of an interim president, which has its roots in a succession drama dating back to 2008. Roger Southall explains why this notion of an interim president should be shelved - and how it might hold South Africa back in its attempts at rebuilding after Zuma’s controversial presidency.
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Cyril Ramaphosa (left) has succeed South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma to lead the African National Congress.
EPA/Kim Ludbrook
Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand
President Jacob Zuma's camp is pushing to have him replaced by an interim leader as an excuse to prolong his disastrous rule for their own benefit.
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Arts + Culture
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Shushma Malik, University of Roehampton; Caillan Davenport, Macquarie University
From being thrown off a cliff to being sewn into a sack with animals, ancient Rome is notorious for its cruel and unusual punishments. But we must be careful what we take as historical fact.
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Environment + Energy
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Ana Rita Patricio, University of Exeter
With 99% of green sea turtles in the northern Great Barrier Reef hatching as females due to changing climate, the future for this species now depends largely on effective global conservation measures.
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Health + Medicine
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Ruth Dyck Fehderau, University of Alberta
Like many Indigenous groups around the world, the James Bay Cree of northern Québec have a disproportionately high rate of diabetes. They’re facing it down with a decidedly Indigenous solution.
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Politics + Society
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Stanley Dubinsky, University of South Carolina; Harvey Starr, University of South Carolina
We underestimate the power of language to divide and to bring people closer together, scholars say.
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Tom Smith, University of Portsmouth
Rodrigo Duterte's authoritarianism has progressed from death squads and martial law to cracking down on press freedom.
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Lisa Otto, University of Johannesburg
If African countries and their regional bodies want to reap substantially from the blue economy, then it's time for the continent to invest heavily in securing its maritime resources.
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Science + Technology
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Atin Prabandari, Universitas Gadjah Mada ; Viyasa Rahyaputra, Universitas Gadjah Mada
The government should take advantage of digital technology as they will be able to extend their public diplomacy agenda in an even more interactive way.
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