Victoria suggests federal government should legislate on emissions while NEG talks continue
Aug 13, 2018 15:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Victoria has again shifted the goal posts in the battle over the National Energy Guarantee, by suggesting parliament should pass the federal governments emissions reduction legislation ahead of the states signing onto the...
Eritrea has slashed conscription. Will it stem the flow of refugees?
Aug 13, 2018 15:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Ethiopia and Eritrea have signed an historic agreement to end the 20-year conflict between the two countries. The breakthrough has been widely welcomed given the devastating effects the conflict has had on both countries...
How contracts drawn up as comic strips are being put to use in South Africa
Aug 13, 2018 15:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Contracts are an important part of our lives. We need to sign them if we want to have a job, a place to live, medical services, insurance, a bank account, a loan, or to send our children to school. The list goes...
South Africa may finally be marching towards solutions to sexual violence
Aug 13, 2018 15:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The start of Womens Month (August) in South Africa this year was refreshingly different from other years as women took to the streets in #TheTotalShutdown protests. It saved the country from the yearly hackneyed speeches...
North-South research partnerships must break old patterns for real change
Aug 13, 2018 15:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Since the 1940s major world powers like the US, the UK and the United Nations have made moves to spread their scientific, economic, industrial, and human rights progress to countries and regions that are seen as less...
If Indian cricket can't get rid of corruption, the world game may be stumped
Aug 13, 2018 15:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports
India, which dominates world cricket, is embroiled in a bitter battle over how it runs its domestic sport. The turbulence dates back to when the countrys supreme court issued a set of recommendations several years ago,...
High turnover of staff spells trouble – just ask Donald Trump and Theresa May
Aug 13, 2018 15:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Turnover seems pervasive. Its most visible in Donald Trumps White House where staff departures rose to a record 43% by March 2018. In comparison, the turnover rate for the same period of Barack Obamas tenure was just...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects