Editor's note

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. Reuters/Toby Melville

Britain's Labour Party and South Africa's ANC: why the stark contrast of fortunes?

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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African boys and girls enter teens with gender stereotypes firmly set

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.

Why the dream of a prosperous, united nation continues to elude South Africa

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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