Most call centre jobs are a dead end for South Africa's youth: Unlike their South African counterparts, Indian call centre workers have better career prospects ShutterstockThe South African government believes that the business processing industry is key to job creation. And the sector has indeed created thousands of jobs, in particular for the country’s youth – a group that … [Read more...] about Most call centre jobs are a dead end for South Africa’s youth | The Conversation
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Realism should guide the next generation of UN peacekeeping | The Conversation
Realism should guide the next generation of UN peacekeeping: UN peacekeepers from South Africa in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 2012. EPA/Dai KurokawaSince the first United Nations peacekeeping operation was deployed to oversee a ceasefire in the Arab-Israeli war seven decades ago, more than 70 peacekeeping operations have been established. Fourteen remain … [Read more...] about Realism should guide the next generation of UN peacekeeping | The Conversation
How South Africa’s universities are making more students multilingual | The Conversation
How South Africa's universities are making more students multilingual: When professionals, like pharmacists, are able to communicate in many languages, everyone benefits. AS Photo Studio/ShutterstockSouth Africa is a multilingual, multicultural space. As is the case for many other countries in Africa, it has a number of official languages – 11. Although the South African … [Read more...] about How South Africa’s universities are making more students multilingual | The Conversation
South Africa needs a functioning parliamentary budget office: now’s the time to fix it | The Conversation
South Africa needs a functioning parliamentary budget office: now's the time to fix it: South African parliamentarians need impartial and expert advice about public finance issues ShutterstockSouth Africa’s Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) is in complete disarray. In the 10 years since it was established by law, and the five years it has been in operation, the Office has … [Read more...] about South Africa needs a functioning parliamentary budget office: now’s the time to fix it | The Conversation
Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC’s Ebola outbreak. Here are some | The Conversation
Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC's Ebola outbreak. Here are some: Health workers burying a child who died of Ebola in the DRC's North Kivu province. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPAThe Ebola virus is again terrorising an African nation. The current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to spread after it first appeared 10 months ago. By mid-May, … [Read more...] about Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC’s Ebola outbreak. Here are some | The Conversation
