The World Bank says there’s reason to be optimistic: the globe has reached its “lowest poverty rate in recorded history”. But Alf Gunvald Nilsen suggests that caution is necessary, and that it’s crucial to move beyond rhetoric when discussing poverty.
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa appears to be trying to restore the badly damaged relations between the governing Zanu-PF and the country’s white community. He has appointed the former swimming champion, Kirsty Coventry, in his cabinet and also reached out to former footballer, Bruce Grobbelaar. Tapiwa Chagonda explains how this might even help to extricate the southern African country from its economic quagmire.
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Alf Gunvald Nilsen, University of Agder
The global poverty plot is thicker than what the World Bank would have us believe.
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Tapiwa Chagonda, University of Johannesburg
In mending the relations with Zimbabwe's white community by roping in Kirsty Coventry and Bruce Grobbelaar, President Mnangagwa might just have pulled off a masterstroke.
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Education
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Shannon Morreira, University of Cape Town; Kathy Luckett, University of Cape Town
It's vital for academics in South Africa to start asking deep questions that examine what decolonialism could look like in their teaching.
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Health + Medicine
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Sudeshni Naidoo, University of the Western Cape
Extensive decay and gum disease are overlooked and under-researched effects of crystal methamphetamine.
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From our international editions
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Mehmet Ozalp, Charles Sturt University
The Syrian civil war may be coming to an end, but the suffering and uncertainty are far from over for its people.
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Armida L. M. van Rij, King's College London
UK and US relations with Saudi Arabia were already under serious scrutiny – even before the disappearance of a prominent Saudi journalist.
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Kristyn Sommer, The University of Queensland; Marie Bodén, The University of Queensland
Robots in the classroom are highly engaging and motivating for students, and can have a cascading effect on learning across an entire school.
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