Editor's note
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In parts of South Africa taps are running dry, the days are getting hotter and the onset of the summer rains is delayed. Although it’s easy for politicians to blame water shortages on the weather, Mike Muller argues the real crisis is the level of ignorance about how water is made available and what needs to be done to ensure supply.
South Africa faces challenges with hunger and food security. Many people don’t realise that they have a right to food and that governments are obliged to make sure people have access to healthy, nutritious food. In today’s episode of Pasha, Brittany Kesselman discusses how people in Brazil and India stood up for this right and the lessons people in South Africa can take from their experience.
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Nontobeko Mtshali
Education Editor
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Top Story
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cropped water.
Mike Muller, University of the Witwatersrand
The real crisis with water supply is that South Africa doesn't know what it doesn't know.
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Politics + Society
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Barry Morton, Indiana University
The Khamas have dominated Botswana's politics since the 1870s, but they are now a discredited, spent force.
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Gary Wilson, Liverpool John Moores University
The world body spends more than US$6 billion a year on peacekeeping operations, most of which are in Africa
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Education
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Brenda Wingfield, University of Pretoria
If South Africa focuses on getting more PhDs, universities will also increase other graduates in the pipeline.
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Sioux McKenna, Rhodes University
All institutions that offer doctoral-level qualifications are about to undergo a national review in response to the concerns about quality.
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Podcasts
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Ozayr Patel, The Conversation
To break the cycle of poverty and malnutrition, the government needs to ensure that children have access to sufficient healthy food.
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Ozayr Patel, The Conversation
The more people come to a city, the bigger demand for buildings. These buildings need to be safe.
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From our international editions
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Marcus Enoch, Loughborough University
A whole range of social and technological changes could revolutionise how we travel in the coming decades.
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Andrew Legg, University of Tasmania
Jesus is King has polarised discussion. But this genuinely contemporary album will challenge the traditional concept of African American gospel while influencing it shape for years to come.
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En français
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Magali Bessone, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
L’esclavage, ses conséquences forment des injustices historiques injustices historiques que tous condamnent moralement. Mais la condamnation morale peut-elle s’assortir d’une réponse politique ?
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Moda Dieng, Université Saint-Paul / Saint Paul University
Plutôt que de favoriser le professionnalisme des armées, l’assistance internationale tend à augmenter la capacité des forces de sécurité à s’engager dans la répression et l’escalade de la violence.
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