News Category: Opinion Pieces

Phillipines

Philippines election shows how personality politics is our collective future in this digital populist age

Dr  Bhaso Ndzendze is Senior Lecturer and Head of Department…
Empty Classroom With No Students

Opinion: Haven’t been to school? Off to prison your parents go!

Dr Michele van Eck  is a senior lecturer and head of the Dep…
Gaming

Complex ethics surround the creation of war video games from real African conflicts

By Bhaso Ndzendze, Lesego Kraai, Amukelani Maluleke, Andiswa…
Blue Un Helmets Waiting For Their Deployment.

Ukraine invasion shows the UN Security Council and other peace and security bodies are close to obsolete

Dr Adeoye O. Akinola is the Head of Research and Teaching at…
Gavel Law

Sibongile Mani: Justice cannot be done by imprisoning offenders as an example to others

Prof Letlhokwa George Mpedi and  Dr Pelmos Mashabela recentl…
Cropped Shot Of A Group Of Friends Holding Hands

Freedom Day and May Day: Living celebrations for the Past, Present and Future generations

Freedom Day and May Day are two annual celebrations, only fo…
Zambia

Hichilema critics wary of president’s IMF ’romance’

Dr Adeoye O. Akinola is the Head of Research and Teaching at…
Macro Abstract Image Depicting Rolled Sheets Of Newspaper.

Print media wilts under microscope

Dr Prinola Govenden is a postdoctoral research fellow at the…
Africa

We must return to the true meaning of ‘African Solutions to African Problems’ — but not where African elites are the problem

Dr Adeoye O. Akinola is the Head of Research and Teaching at…
Sustainable City

Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose… and without proper infrastructure, freedom means little

Prof Tshilidzi Marwala is the Vice-Chancellor and Principal…
Un Flag Waved Against The Sun And Blue Sky.

United Nations reform – a hopeless but necessary errand

Dr  Bhaso Ndzendze is Senior Lecturer and Head of Department…
Crypto

The African Free Trade Agreement and a single, continental currency — has crypto’s African time come?

There are moves afoot to introduce a single currency for int…