Resolving tensions between global development goals and local aspirations
People’s voices, aspirations and dreams–less readily accessible–must be taken just as seriously.
Euro 2020: How football managers and coaches control the narrative
Research has also shown that clothing has an impact on public perceptions of managers.
Why Africa’s push to make vaccines should look further than Covid-19
Africa has 54 countries and 1.2 billion people, but produces only 1% of all the vaccines it administers.
If not in a university, then where? Academia must define harm to allow open debate on difficult issues
It is common to claim universities have the special function of facilitating the pursuit of truth.
Lots of IMF programmes are never completed – because they’re unworkable
Given the detrimental effects of IMF programme interruptions for developing countries, it is puzzling that the reform of IMF conditionality is lagging.
How African countries can reform education to get ahead after pandemic school closures
While Covid-19 has held back learning, bold reform is possible and the pandemic presents a historic opportunity to revamp education systems.
Jacob Zuma: When did erstwhile South African revolutionary lose his way?
As president he was accused of working with an Indian family, the Guptas, in orchestrating “state capture” (seizing control of state organs for corrupt purposes).
Violence in South Africa: An uprising of elites, not of the people
The violence has been widely seen as an expression of anger and frustration by people living in poverty, which has been much worsened in South Africa by the impact of Covid-19.
South Africa in flames: Spontaneous outbreak or insurrection?
Poor and hungry people exist, and the state should be ashamed. But hungry people do not become violent looters on behalf of better-known looters who are in jail.
Publisher’s Note: Celebrating Corporate Responsibility as a Sustainability Strategy in Building Corporate Brands that Transform Lives
This issue celebrates corporate brands that have in place long-term strategic CR and CS embedded in their overall strategies and which are being quietly implemented without the often much sort after publicity for the corporation or its CEO.