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Air pollution is a visible problem in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. But research shows that indoor pollution is just as big, explain Blessing Mberu and Kanyiva Muindi, with levels three times more than World Health Organisation recommendations.
It’s five years since 34 miners were killed by South African police in Marikana. Yet no one has been held accountable for the massacre. Bill Dixon argues that the events were an early indication of the abuse of state power that’s been the hallmark of President Jacob Zuma’s government.
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Household air pollution in Nairobi is primarily driven by fuels burnt for cooking and lighting.
EPA/Dai Kurakawa
Kanyiva Muindi, African Population and Health Research Center; Blessing Mberu, African Population and Health Research Center
Research in Kenya’s capital found average levels of hazardous solid and liquid particles in the air within households were three times more than the WHO recommended maximum level.
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Politics + Society
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Bill Dixon, University of Nottingham
Five years on, no-one has been held to account for the Marikana massacre where 34 miners were shot dead by members of the South African Police Service in a single day.
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Business + Economy
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Steven Friedman, University of Johannesburg
South Africa needs to restore trust and effective bargaining mechanisms between key stakeholders to revive the ailing economy.
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Education
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Suellen Shay, University of Cape Town
Former vice-chancellor Jonathan Jansen argues that there is no future for South African universities.
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Gajendra Singh, University of Exeter
After well over half a century of Independence, the ghosts of colonialism still haunt India's national psyche.
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Adil Najam, Boston University
The partition of India led to a genocide that was unprecedented in scale. How far was one man, Lord Mountbatten, who hurriedly drew the new borders, responsible?
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