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The whopping $190 billion tax bill imposed by Tanzania on one international company could be a bargaining ploy, a plea for attention or strategic miscalculation. But Dan Paget warns that it could also be part of a mounting campaign by President John Magufuli to drive foreign mining companies out altogether.
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Tanzanian President John Magufuli has threatened to close all mines and give them to Tanzanians.
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Dan Paget, University of Oxford
Until Acacia was served with $190 billion tax bill, it seemed as though Tanzania's president wanted a new settlement with the mining companies. Now it looks as though he wants new mining companies.
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Arts + Culture
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Rafael Winkler, University of Johannesburg
The Greco-Roman society believed that people weren't born human, they became human. But how can humanity be defined?That's what the project of decolonising the humanities could be dedicated to.
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Politics + Society
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Anine Kriegler, University of Cape Town
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Education
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Shirley Walters, University of the Western Cape
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