The Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn is seeing a dramatic reversal of its fortunes. For its part, South Africa’s ANC is looking increasingly fragile. Roger Southall points out that the ANC, unlike the Labour Party, lacks both a credible prophet with moral appeal as well as new ideas to lead it out of the wilderness.
For the first time in over a decade, the number of hungry people is rising. In the past natural disasters were blamed for famine and food insecurity. But, explains Peter Atkins, it’s become increasingly clear that the failure of institutions, especially political and economic ones, is to blame.
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UK Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn at the party’s recent conference. His leadership has revived the party’s fortunes.
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Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand
Britain's Labour under Corbyn is smelling power, and the making of a new social revolution. In contrast, in South Africa's governing ANC is in disarray, with no moral compass or credible leadership.
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Environment + Energy
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Peter Atkins, Durham University
The distinction between food insecurity and famine is artificial and unhelpful. Hungry people are suffering however their situation falls below the radar.
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Politics + Society
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Kristin Mmari, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Do boys and girls from diverse cultural settings experience their transitions into adolescence? Their cultural differences don't make a difference, but their genders do.
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Edward Webster, University of the Witwatersrand
The National Question cannot be resolved solely through South Africa's constitution. There's potential for a far more radical transformative project than traditional liberalism.
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Sarah Keenihan, The Conversation
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Andrew Dowling, Cardiff University
The referendum that wasn't a referendum can't have a winner.
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Hyun-Joo Lim, Bournemouth University
Tens of thousands of North Koreans live in China. Their lives are often no better than they were at home.
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