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Ghana is struggling to provide affordable and consistent electricity to its citizens. The country produces excess electricity but the supply isn’t reliable. This conundrum has led to the country’s decision to build a nuclear power plant. Nuclear scientist Seth Kofi Debrah discusses the risks – and opportunities – for Ghana.
There are a lot of studies about black life in South Africa’s racist apartheid era, but fewer on white life - and even fewer on working-class whites during apartheid. Historian Neil Roos believes that to understand social injustice, one must know the oppressor not just the oppressed. He talks to us about his book, Ordinary Whites in Apartheid South Africa.
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Seth Kofi Debrah, University of Ghana
Ghana looks in the direction of nuclear power for help in achieving its industrial ambitions while contributing to the fight against climate change.
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Neil Roos, University of Fort Hare
Ordinary Whites in Apartheid South Africa is a new book that explores how apartheid monitored and shaped white life, and how all classes of white people were complicit.
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Rennie Naidoo, University of the Witwatersrand
Combining behavioural and data science yields high-quality insights from complex datasets.
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Kaitano Dube, Vaal University of Technology
South Africa’s game reserves, tourist parks, chalets and ocean activities are being disrupted by extreme weather. To protect livelihoods, urban planning needs to adapt to climate change fast.
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From our international editions
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Alex Bye, University of Reading
If you take a daily low-dose aspirin to prevent heart disease and you’ve never had heart problems before, you might want to talk to your doctor.
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Garret Martin, American University School of International Service
The three-day meeting is touted as a time to celebrate the alliance’s 75th anniversary. But gathered leaders face serious questions that will affect NATO’s future.
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Dae Hee Kwak, University of Michigan
Talking about mental health can be difficult for anyone. It’s even harder for athletes, who are expected to exhibit mental toughness.
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Ursula Kania, University of Liverpool
You know that thing with the name? the whatsamajig? the whozeewhatzit?
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Rumina Dhalla, University of Guelph; Stephanie M Villers, University of Waterloo
There is growing interest in sustainable death care options like human composting as an alternative to energy-intensive cremation and chemical-dependent and land-intensive burial.
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