Zulu custom opposes divorce except in very particular circumstances. But King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has turned to the courts to end his marriage.
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The link between household food insecurity and child malnutrition is stark: 28.8% of South African children under five suffer from stunting.
Food shortages are not the cause of hunger in South Africa. The country produces and imports all the food it needs.
Medications degrade over time, meaning they may not work as intended once they reach and pass their expiry date.
À l’occasion du 60e anniversaire de la mort de Malcolm X, retour sur l'hommage révolutionnaire rendu à l’époque par la musique jazz à ce pilier de la lutte pour les droits civiques.
South Africa is working on how best to integrate labour and environmental justice and how its labour laws can be used to enable a just energy transition.
South African law hasn’t specifically recognised the traditional concept of a communal family house.
Mental health needs for pregnant women and mothers with newborn babies are being recognised at last in South Africa.
South Africa’s press council may need more awareness campaigns to enable citizens to hold the media accountable.
Korekore people in the Rushinga district have not wavered in their beliefs about and ways of healing mental illnesses.
There’s a clear need for policies that improve healthcare access, reproductive health education, and support systems for young women.
The new policy is an opportunity to promote equity and redress the past politics of language.
Clear, actionable feedback can help students learn.
The authors of Joe Modise’s biography set out to debunk smears against him.
Marine art is an important form of storytelling. Visual, performance, sculptural and moving image arts have driven the evolution of marine sciences too.
It’s important to position students as collaborators and co-creators of knowledge.
A South African team had a rare chance to capture information about Pluto’s atmosphere.
Many African countries have a major youth unemployment problem. With growing populations, more must be done to create jobs and help young people develop the right skills.
One of the first queer art exhibitions in Mozambique’s history, Manas has been restaged in Maputo, revealing a little-told history of transgender life.
The composer, bassist and innovator Gerald ‘Mac’ McKenzie died on 29 April. He changed Cape Town’s unique music traditions forever.
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Professor of African legal pluralism and Director, Centre for Legal Integration in Africa, University of the Western Cape
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Postdoctoral Researcher, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Transformative Regulation of Work, University of the Western Cape
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Director DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security, University of the Western Cape
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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PhD student, Department of Cultural Anthropology, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Lecturer in English for Educational Development, University of the Western Cape
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Lecturer on the New Generation of Academics Programme (nGAP) in African Language Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Lecturer of English. PhD Candidate in Afrofuturism and African Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of African Language Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Lecturer, University of the Western Cape
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Full Professor of Demography, University of the Western Cape
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Associate professor, University of the Western Cape
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Doctoral Research Fellow in the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of the Western Cape
