Editor's note

Every country has rules about how companies that are in distress should be managed, short of being put into liquidation and shut down. South Africa has just resorted to its version of these by putting the state-owned airline into voluntary business rescue. Marius Pretorius explains what the process involves and what it might mean for the airline in the long term.

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South African Airways is in business rescue: what it means, and what next

Marius Pretorius, University of Pretoria

Distress is normally identified when a company is no longer profitable, when it's not a going concern anymore, when it has major problems.

Politics + Society

Building trust must take precedence in South Sudan peace process

Madhav Joshi, University of Notre Dame; Susan D. Page, University of Notre Dame

The international community should allow the leaders of South Sudan to work on a lasting peace agreement without the pressure of deadlines.

Methodist Church Southern Africa enters new era as women take up top positions

Dion Forster, Stellenbosch University

Bishop Purity Malinga is the first woman to be appointed Presiding Bishop in the Methodist Church of Southern African in over 200 years.

Environment + Energy

South Africa needs a fresh approach to managing invasive trees like Eucalyptus

Heidi Hirsch, Stellenbosch University

Understanding invasive trees' ecology and history is crucial to developing effective management practices.

I’ve seen mass tree-planting projects go awry around the world – UK politicians should take note

Mark Huxham, Edinburgh Napier University

Promising to plant 100m trees a year is one thing; making them grow can be quite another.

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Peter Bloom, University of Essex

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From depression to Parkinson’s disease: The healing power of dance

Adrianna Mendrek, Bishop's University

Dance therapy is effective in treating depression, improving memory and neuroplasticity in older adults and improving executive function in those with Parkinson's disease.

En français

Portrait-robot de la pollution de l’air à Abidjan

Jean-François Léon, Université de Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier

Le problème de la qualité de l’air dans la capitale économique ivoirienne témoigne de l’explosion de l’impact sanitaire de la pollution atmosphérique en Afrique.

L’impact de la révolution tunisienne sur la consommation de drogues

Judith André, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm)

La consommation de divers types de drogues a nettement augmenté en Tunisie depuis 2011, posant la question de la politique publique en la matière et de la perception qu’a la société de ce sujet.

 
 
 
 

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