New research shows how Windhoek’s ‘Brown is Beautiful’ approach could use its dry landscape to protect the city from heat, drought and floods.
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Trade within the Southern African Development Community is an issue holding back agriculture.
Archaeology can repair past harm, create work for people in the present and preserve cultural heritage for the future.
An eight-country study assessed whether parenting programmes that were developed through research also work when offered at a wider scale in real-life conditions.
Studying the mineral olivine in kimberlite sheds some light on diamond origins.
Botswana has significantly expanded income support for older people but it’s left them without the care they need.
Nature reserve fences can protect wildlife and people, but they also break up natural landscapes, restrict animal movement, and affect nearby communities.
African countries must not sign away their health data or release their pathogens in exchange for donor funding.
Strong institutions ensure that foreign investment supports sustainable growth rather than environmental decay.
Some of the dances depicted in rock art are just about entertainment, not ritual.
Caregivers in Botswana are being asked to do more with less.
South Africa is driving a radical reform of the way it manages immigration, citizenship and refugees.
Labour migration separated husbands and wives for long periods.
Gold was the first attraction, but late in the 1500s the Portuguese became obsessed with the idea that there were silver mines in Africa.
What happens when promises of increased tourism revenue and reduced environmental impact aren’t met?
Elites have often shaped or manipulated state policies in ways that protect their interests and reinforce inequality.
This is the first time that a fossil thrips has been recorded anywhere in Africa, or the entire southern hemisphere.
Maintaining current elephant numbers, let alone reversing declines, requires new thinking and conservation innovation.
Between the 10th and 15th centuries, the gold market boomed, especially in Egypt, Persia, India and China. Southern Africa played a crucial role in meeting demand.
Botswana’s recent election saw a high level of voter turnout and resulted in a smooth transfer of power.
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Research Associate, Department of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand; Chief Research Officer, Good Governance Africa; Managing Director, Harvey Economics Pty Ltd.
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Professor of International Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, and acting SARChI Chair in International Constitutional Law, University of Pretoria
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Senior Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Professor, North-West University
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Director: UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control, University of Pretoria
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Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University
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Assistant Professor, Harvard University
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Visiting Professor, University of Kent
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Honorary Research Fellow, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor in the Centre for Environmental Management, University of the Free State
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Yarik Turianskyi is Manager of the Governance and African Peer Review Mechanism Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs and guest lecturer in African Governance and Eastern European Politics, University of Pretoria
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Afrobarometer Senior Analyst/Methodologist, University of Cape Town