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As South Africa marks the 41st anniversary of the 1976 Soweto student uprising there are troubling questions about whether or not young people in the country have given up on politics. But research shows that they are far from apathetic. They’re just turned off by formal party politics, explains Lauren Graham. From an economic policy perspective, Ariane De Lannoy looks at how policies have failed young people, and suggests a local approach might make a difference.
Africa’s male church leaders have a lot of power in shaping social norms and gender roles. Akosua Adomako Ampofo explains how many of these “men of God” are promoting problematic ideas about what it means to be a man and a husband, in the process undermining women.
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Ariane De Lannoy, University of Cape Town
The end of apartheid should have heralded a new South Africa for the generation born at its demise. But that hasn't happened.
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Business + Economy
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Lauren Graham, University of Johannesburg
It's time South Africa stopped stereotyping its young people as being disinterested and morally bankrupt and started engaging them.
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Health + Medicine
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Dixon Chibanda, University of Zimbabwe
Lay workers are being trained to help Zimbabwe manage mental issues in communities. So far it's proving successful.
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Arts + Culture
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Akosua Adomako Ampofo, University of Ghana
The particular brand of masculinity promoted by Africa's influential male church leaders tends to devalue women, re-inscribe male domination.
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Environment + Energy
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Ilyayambwa Mwanawina, North-West University
US President Donald Trump’s call to renegotiate the Paris Climate Accord is a fresh opportunity to craft a binding and enforceable agreement.
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From our international editions
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Joseph Downing, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
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Gaëll Mainguy, Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires (CRI)
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Margot Susca, American University School of Communication
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