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Editor's note
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It’s been a weekend of high drama for South Africa’s governing African National Congress. Its highest decision making body has come out in support of President Jacob Zuma despite growing calls from opposition parties, civil society and ordinary citizens for him to be axed. So is South Africa experiencing a crisis of leadership? Linda Ronnie thinks so, and argues
that it’s a toxic situation. Timothy London, meanwhile, unpacks the strange tale of Brian Molefe: the CEO who quit under a cloud, briefly became a member of parliament, then returned to his corporate job - which he may lose again
any day now.
What happens to dogs when they die? Do they go to some kind of heaven? It is a question that has often been pondered on in literature, popular culture and religion. The answer, writes Marius Crous, has mostly been in the affirmative.
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Linda Ronnie, University of Cape Town
Organisational psychopathy, generally known as toxic leadership, is common in the private sector. It's emerging more often in the public space too.
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Business + Economy
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Timothy London, University of Cape Town
The drama caused by the return of Brain Molefe into South Africa's power utility, Eskom, signals a failure of accountability and corporate governance within the public sector.
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Arts + Culture
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Marius Crous, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
In many cultures and religions dogs are more than protection and security. But do they have an after-life?
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Politics + Society
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Keith Somerville, University of Kent
For a military battle whose outcome is still hotly contested 30 years later, the impact was so remarkably clear -- independence for Namibia, peace for Angola and the death knell for apartheid.
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Health + Medicine
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Thumbi Mwangi, Washington State University
Governments in anthrax endemic countries should build efficient surveillance systems that incorporate detection, confirmation and efficient data collation and feedback.
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From our archives
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Keith Gottschalk, University of the Western Cape
The latest backlash against South Africa's President Jacob Zuma sees demands for his removal grow wider and deeper than ever before.
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From our international editions
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Alice Payne, Queensland University of Technology; Susannah Kate Devitt, Queensland University of Technology
Our clothes are cheaper, flimsier and shorter-lived than ever. But jeans, a staple of the modern wardrobe, are actually designed to be long-lasting – provided you take proper care of them.
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Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, University of South Australia
The trend of 'naked tourism' reveals something more than just bare bottoms – and it may call for some active interventions.
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Will Jennings, University of Southampton; Patrick Sturgis, University of Southampton
Polling is difficult – and everyone except pollsters overestimates how accurate polls are.
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