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Cough syrups are often perceived to be safe because they’re usually available over the counter. It was therefore shocking to see that, in recent months, cough syrup has been blamed for the deaths of more than 300 children around the world. In February the World Health Organization called on countries to protect children from this risk. So what went wrong? Winston Morgan and Shazma Bashir unpack the chemistry of how poisoning can happen when medicines aren’t
manufactured according to strict standards.
More than 15 years ago, American terrorism expert John Solomon warned that lawlessness and government corruption in South Africa facilitated the financing of terrorism. It was at the height of state capture during former president Jacob Zuma’s term. In 2019, the Financial Action Task Force, the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, warned that, although the country had a strong legal framework to combat money laundering and terrorism financing, it fell short on implementation. Now the watchdog has grey listed South Africa because it has failed to address all the deficiencies. Philippe Burger explains what grey listing means and its implications.
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Winston Morgan, University of East London; Shazma Bashir, University of East London
The danger from contaminated cough syrups is that early symptoms of poisoning, such as drowsiness, are sometimes observed in children without contamination.
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Philippe Burger, University of the Free State
In being grey listed South Africa joins a list of countries with poor governance. Others are war zones or countries with jihadist terror groupings operating on their land.
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Damilola Agbalajobi, Obafemi Awolowo University
When women have opportunities, a country’s economic productivity and development is enhanced.
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Titilope Funmbi Onaolapo, University of Pretoria; Christina Breed, University of Pretoria; Kristine Engemann Jensen, Aarhus University; Maya Pasgaard, Aarhus University
South Africa needs to integrate urban green spaces as part of valuable infrastructure and provide framework for their sustainability.
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Mpho-Entle Puleng Modise, University of South Africa
Lecturers need to be adept at both the theories of online learning and the technology used to do it.
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Yohann C. Ripert, Stetson University
La tournée africaine de la secrétaire d'Etat américaine au Trésor ouvre une nouvelle ère de diplomatie économique et offre l’occasion de redéfinir les termes de l’échange.
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