The relationship between inequality and economic growth is a complex one, especially in Africa. Inequality is the result of a host of factors, including policy choices, ...
Provoked by the deaths of the protesters on September 8, angry, young demonstrators burned down several government buildings across the country, including the parliament ...
Trump’s actions have ordinary Indians seething and demanding action, but the Modi government does not have good options.
The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map.
Despite promises of moderation and inclusion, four years later, the Taliban has established a repressive, exclusionary regime – one that has dismantled institutions ...
For too long, Africa’s agency has been exercised defensively: managing expectations, preserving stability, reacting to external scripts. The continent has copied ...
More girls and women around the world are playing rugby now than ever before. However, many systems, including coaching and medical support, have not kept pace with ...
A recent study reveals that reading comprehension in South African classrooms is often assessed using overly simple questions, out of step with curriculum policy. ...
Research shows the difficulty of large language models being able to detect sentiment and sarcasm in three varieties of English: Australian English, Indian English ...
Data showed that despite cultural differences, coolness is uniquely associated with the same six traits around the world: cool people tend to be extroverted, hedonistic, ...
Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a devastating civil war that has turned into a national catastrophe. More than 14 million people have been displaced. ...
If Rupert Murdoch becomes a white knight standing up to a rampantly bullying US president, the world has moved into the upside-down.
If you spend any time in the wellness corners of TikTok or Instagram, you’ll see claims women need one to two hours more sleep than men. But what does the research ...
This column unpacks the rise of occult gangs in the Free State, where ritual murders and demonic symbols aren’t urban legends — they’re part of lived experience. ...
In a recent study we explore how features such as tax rates, deductions, credits, and bracket adjustments shape the redistributive capacity of South Africa’s personal ...
Is that really the case? According to a recent study by scientists from MIT, it appears so. Using ChatGPT to help write essays, the researchers say, can lead to ...
Is that really the case? According to a recent study by scientists from MIT, it appears so. Using ChatGPT to help write essays, the researchers say, can lead to ...
Mozambique’s government, led by the Frelimo party, has long been planning celebrations for 2025. It is 50 years since independence, won after an anti-colonial war ...
Despite the wheel’s immeasurable impact, no one is certain as to who invented it, or when and where it was first conceived. The hypothetical scenario described above ...
FIFA are slashing prices for the opening match: Inter Miami against Egypt’s Al-Ahly. Less than a third of tickets at the 65 000-seat Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, ...
The idea that people and dogs resemble each other is not just a joke. Researchers have been studying different aspects of the human–animal bond for ages.
Our calculations suggest the Big Bang was not the start of everything, but rather the outcome of a gravitational crunch or collapse that formed a very massive black ...
We should not be unduly surprised that the government of the US has imported 49 Afrikaners and labelled them as “refugees”. The claim is that they are escaping from ...
The internet’s latest absurd obsession is: who would win in a no-rules fight between 100 average human men and one adult male gorilla? But, beyond the jokes and ...
If the monarchy, military, other political parties and the church had attempted a principled, united opposition to fascism early enough, most of Mussolini’s crimes ...