South Africa's water sector: a case study in state capture
Dec 02, 2016 05:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
A lot of what is being presented as radical economic transformation initiatives in South Africa is simply state capture by a corrupt elite. The water sector provides a lens through which this issue can be viewed in a very...
Explainer: what is scurvy and is it making a comeback?
Dec 02, 2016 05:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
A major hospital in western Sydney recently reported a number of diabetes patients were suffering from scurvy, a historical disease common in sailors on long voyages who were deprived of citrus fruit and...
Why the health and agriculture sectors need to work together to stop antibiotic resistance
Dec 02, 2016 05:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
The Australian federal government recently announced a national plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance with an approach encompassing the health and agriculture sectors. Antimicrobial resistance occurs when...
How Castro shaped Cuban identity and what his death means to those exiled
Dec 02, 2016 05:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
On Nov. 25, when I heard the news of Cuban leader Fidel Castros death, I did not feel any sense of sadness, relief or joy. Instead, as a daughter of Cuban exiles, I experienced a mix of all those emotions. Children of...
10 ways the tech industry and the media helped create President Trump
Dec 02, 2016 05:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Three weeks after Donald Trump won a historic victory to become the 45th president of the United States, the media postmortems continue. In particular, the role played by the media and technology industries is coming...
How Trump's deportation plan threatens America's food and wine supply
Dec 02, 2016 05:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Mass deportations of up to three million undocumented immigrants are expected to begin in January, when President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office and begins to turn his campaign promises into government...
Don't expect a rerun of the Asian Financial Crisis
Dec 02, 2016 04:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Asian currencies hit a seven year low in November, on Donald Trumps election and the potential for his policies to spur US inflation and bond yields. Investors who fanned out across emerging markets in recent years are now...
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