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Nigeria’s national airline collapsed in 2003. It therefore took everyone by surprise when the government announced earlier this year that the country was planning to resuscitate the moribund national carrier. But a few months later it did an about turn and said the project had been called off. Steve Onyeiwu says he was a sceptic from the get-go. This is because the problems that led to the collapse of Nigeria Airways in 2003 – including
nepotism and corruption – remain in place.
Pik Botha, who died last week at the age of 86, was among the most recognised faces of South Africa’s apartheid era thanks to his career in politics and diplomacy that spanned almost four decades. Chris Saunders remembers him as a man of contradictions, as shown by the role he played on the issue of occupied Namibia.
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Stephen Onyeiwu, Allegheny College
Many of the structural and institutional deficiencies that caused the collapse of Nigeria Airways are still present.
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Chris Saunders, University of Cape Town
Pik Botha defended apartheid and South Africa's occupation of Namibia, but in the end helped end both.
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Education
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Subethra Pather, University of the Western Cape
A study finds that there's a gap between the expectation of what university would be like, and the actual experience.
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Enviroment + Energy
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Sheryl L Hendriks, University of Pretoria; Elizabeth Mkandawire, University of Pretoria; Nosipho Mabuza, University of Pretoria
It's one thing to come up with food security plans. But implementing them is tough.
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Esther Ndumi Ngumbi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Insects are an excellent tool to fight hunger and malnutrition because they are abundant and nutritious.
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From our international editions
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Will Bowden, University of Nottingham
Once Britain slipped away from the Roman Empire in the early 5th century, signs of Roman life began to disappear.
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Russell E. Lucas, Michigan State University
A missing Saudi journalist has put Trump's 'America First' rhetoric to the test.
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