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Any lingering doubts that Africa is not a priority for Donald Trump’s America were erased when Secretary of State Rex Tillerson snubbed newly elected AU Commission chairperson Moussa Faki. The snub should spur African states – particularly the heavyweights – to start acting in concert, argues Tshepo T. Gwatiwa.
Critical thinking about the nature of knowledge, and the way Africa participates in science, is an essential part of the project of decolonisation, writes Alex Broadbent - if that project is to be a success.
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AU Chair Moussa Faki in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa.
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Tshepo T. Gwatiwa, Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
When the US Secretary of State stood up the AU Chairperson the writing was on the wall. Africa needs to become the master of its own destiny.
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Education
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Alex Broadbent, University of Johannesburg
Phrases like “knowledge production” conceal the fact that knowledge answers to something beyond itself and beyond us. To produce knowledge is to find out about something.
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Health + Medicine
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Jenita Chiba, University of Johannesburg; Jacqueline Moodley, University of Johannesburg
Child support grants are an income resource that enables caregivers to make healthier food choices and provide the means to send their children to school earlier.
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Business + Economy
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Seán Mfundza Muller, University of Johannesburg
A closer look at the supposed successes of Brian Molefe at South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, shows that they are not what they have been made out to be. They are paper thin.
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Environment + Energy
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Abdullahi Ali, Zoological Society of London
Elephants, livestock and grass all play an important role in ensuring the survival of the Hirola - the world's rarest antelope.
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From our international editions
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Frederic Lemieux, Georgetown University
Whispering secrets is a sign of a lack of trust.
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Jeffrey Fields, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
A professor who once held top secret clearance explains how levels of classification work and where handling sensitive information gets tricky.
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Rob Wilson, Sheffield Hallam University; Dan Plumley, Sheffield Hallam University
There are three ways to manage promotion to the top flight. Let QPR, Blackpool and Burnley guide you through the choices.
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