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As a political scientist, I am interested in the ingredients of durable democracies in post-conflict societies, including South Africa. Thirty years after its first democratic elections, the stakes are high for the ANC as the party that took the lead in ushering in a new era. It is nursing a fragile unity ahead of a general election later this year.
The election, expected between May and August, may become the battle for the soul of the young voter. If that is the case, then the ANC needs a fresh image, one less reliant on its history as a liberation movement.
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ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, centre, and his deputy, Paul Mashatile, right, help cut the cake at the party’s 112th anniversary celebration at Mbombela Stadium, Mpumalanga.
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Sandy Africa, University of Pretoria
The ANC leans heavily on its liberation movement brand. But this will not necessarily be a determining factor in who will sway voters later this year.
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Some women influencers are using coded language to spread far-right ideology on social media.
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Avery Anapol
Eviane Leidig talks about her research into women of the far right who have become online influencers. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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The door plug area of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft awaits inspection on Jan. 10, 2024.
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Amy Fraher, Yale University
A commercial pilot turned management expert and author of ‘The Next Crash: How Short-Term Profit Seeking Trumps Airline Safety,’ explains the economics behind the near-deadly disaster.
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A pirogue adorned with a Senegalese flag floats on the Pink Lake, on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal.
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El hadji Sow, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Contrary to popular beliefs, salt extraction has never been detrimental to the survival of the pink lake; instead, it prevents its asphyxiation.
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Christopher Damman, University of Washington
Weight loss and diabetes drugs target regulatory pathways involved in metabolism that the microbes in your gut and certain molecules from food already play a key role in regulating.
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Suresh Neethirajan, Dalhousie University
Artificial intelligence can process large amounts of chicken vocalizations, identifying patterns in the birds’ communications.
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Edith Jennifer Hill, Flinders University
She pleaded guilty to second degree murder and now has 10 million TikTok followers – what’s behind the influencer fame of Gypsy Rose Blanchard?
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Ewan D. Barr, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy; Arunima Dutta, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy; Benjamin Stappers, University of Manchester
It’s too heavy to be a neutron star and too light to be a black hole. So what is it?
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Maria Fernanda Noboa Gonzalez, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) - Ecuador
Just five years ago, Ecuador was still considered one of the safest countries in Latin America. Now, there is a brutal war playing out between criminal gangs and the state.
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Hari Har Jnawali, Wilfrid Laurier University
India is pursuing a policy of pleasing the ruling elites in its neighbourhood, which it hopes will serve its national aspirations to become a regional powerhouse like China.
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