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It’s a worry that’s familiar to many working mothers anywhere in the world: “Are my children safe and properly cared for while I’m at work?” It’s particularly tough in low-income settings such as the informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya, where day-care centres are often crowded and unhygienic. Patricia Kitsao-Wekulo and Margaret Nampijja explain how subsidising the cost of care can keep more women in work and improve children’s health.
South Africa’s state owned enterprises, most notably its power utility Eskom, are flailing. The country’s economic indicators like growth and employment have deteriorated; its revenue collection and public finances are performing poorly. Seán Mfundza Muller examines the fundamental drivers behind the country’s current state and future trajectory.
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Poor child-care facilities put children at risk of malnutrition, infections and child abuse.
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Patricia Kitsao-Wekulo, African Population and Health Research Center; Margaret Nampijja, African Population and Health Research Center
We found that women who had access to subsidised day-care services were 17% more likely to be employed than those who were not.
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Under President Jacob Zuma the economy didn’t recover as much as it should have from the global financial crisis.
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Seán Mfundza Muller, University of Johannesburg
The only way out of South Africa's crisis - financially wobbly utility Eskom, worsening public finances and poor economic growth - is a societal agreement that recognises the need for sacrifices.
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Business + Economy
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Luis Alberto Torres-Cruz, University of the Witwatersrand
One of the most interesting developments to emerge from the Brumadinho disaster is how investors can work together with mining companies and regulatory bodies to improve tailings management systems.
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Bomikazi Zeka, University of Canberra
Attitudes to retirement can influence decisions to save and plan for it. In turn, factors such as stress or lack of interest at work can impact attitudes towards retirement.
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En français
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Moussa Diaw, Université Gaston Berger
Le défi à relever par les socialistes est de parvenir à taire les divergences et les ambitions non avouées de certains leaders pour penser l’avenir de ce grand parti légué par Senghor et Abou Diouf.
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Dennis Rodgers, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
Être membre d’un gang de trafiquants de drogue peut avoir certains avantages si on cherche à se forger une vie loin de toute activité illicite.
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From our international editions
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Nathalie Butt, The University of Queensland; Mary Menton, University of Sussex
The reported number of deaths of people campaigning to protect the environment has tripled over a 15 year period.
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Arie Perliger, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Major changes in the language of white supremacists have happened in the last decade that provide a window into how the groups mobilize support, shape political perceptions and advance their cause.
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Jayalaxshmi Mistry, Royal Holloway
Indigenous peoples safeguard biodiversity better than any other group. But in 2018, 164 were killed defending the environment. It's time for us to heed their knowledge, and protect their future.
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Charles Hankla, Georgia State University
Trump’s endgame for the US-China trade war still seems elusive as the conflict continues to escalate.
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