Why restructuring South Africa's power utility won't end the blackouts: A barman using candle light as another rolling blackout affects large parts of South Africa's biggest city, Johannesburg. Epa/Kim LudbrookRecent power cuts and the announcement that South Africa’s power utility Eskom will be receiving R23billion (about USD$ 1.5billion) a year in government support for … [Read more...] about Why restructuring South Africa’s power utility won’t end the blackouts | The Conversation
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‘Self-reliance’ for refugees? Badly handled it can make matters worse | The Conversation
'Self-reliance' for refugees? Badly handled it can make matters worse: Young family practising dressmaking in a vocational training centre in Kakuma refugee camp Adriana Mahdalova/ShutterstockPolicymakers and aid agencies in sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly encouraging initiatives that help refugee communities become “self-reliant”. The aim is for refugees to find or create … [Read more...] about ‘Self-reliance’ for refugees? Badly handled it can make matters worse | The Conversation
How sports science in Africa can be taught and thought about differently | The Conversation
How sports science in Africa can be taught and thought about differently: Sports science needs to race towards a different approach. kentoh/ShutterstockIn the four years since the decolonisation debate took centre stage at South African universities, much of the focus has been on what decolonisation might look like in the humanities. But science subjects, too, need to be … [Read more...] about How sports science in Africa can be taught and thought about differently | The Conversation
How The Gambia is going about its search for truth and reconciliation | The Conversation
How The Gambia is going about its search for truth and reconciliation: Gambian refugees return home from Senegal on January 21, 2017, the day Yahya Jammeh conceded defeat and left the country. EPA/Legnan KoulaSeeking uncomfortable truths about atrocities perpetrated against citizens has become an integral part of rebuilding societies after the fall of authoritarian regimes or … [Read more...] about How The Gambia is going about its search for truth and reconciliation | The Conversation
The legacy of Okwui Enwezor — the curator who exhibited Africa to the world | The Conversation
The legacy of Okwui Enwezor -- the curator who exhibited Africa to the world: Okwui Enwezor EPA/Frank LeonhardtOver two decades Okwui Enwezor emerged as a dominant and highly influential voice in curatorial practice and contemporary art history. He was a curator and art historian who engaged and grappled with the various iterations of what might be broadly construed as the … [Read more...] about The legacy of Okwui Enwezor — the curator who exhibited Africa to the world | The Conversation
