Why calling for a new climate deal isn't such a bad idea: A floating school in a Lagos Lagoon fishing community is threatened by climate change. Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord was greeted with consternation in the rest of the world. Both the United Nations and former President Barack Obama described the decision … [Read more...] about Why calling for a new climate deal isn’t such a bad idea | The Conversation
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South Africa’s power utility wants to finance nuclear. This is a bad idea. | The Conversation
South Africa's power utility wants to finance nuclear. This is a bad idea.: Koeberg power station, in Cape Town, is the only nuclear power station on the African continent. South Africa is considering a proposal to build more such power stations EPA/Nic BothmaSouth Africa’s cabinet is to consider a proposal that a mooted nuclear power deal for the country be financed through … [Read more...] about South Africa’s power utility wants to finance nuclear. This is a bad idea. | The Conversation
Braving the Dragons: Giving Your Good Business Idea Some Wings
Braving the Dragons: Giving Your Good Business Idea Some Wings: If you have a great business idea but don’t know how to take it further, Samsung’s Mixed Talents campaign is running a new competition aimed at young and aspiring entrepreneurs – officially opening to the public on 13 June 2016 and closing on 3 July 2016. Following on from its previous competition earlier this … [Read more...] about Braving the Dragons: Giving Your Good Business Idea Some Wings
Whatever Happened to the Idea of Imperialism?
Whatever Happened to the Idea of Imperialism? A South Africa Event on 2016-05-18 10:00:00 From the writings of Lenin and Luxemburg to the global guerrilla activity of Che Guevara, to the Black Power of the Black Panthers and the Third World’s plan for a New International Economic Order, the idea of imperialism and politics of anti-imperialism were a mainstay of academic … [Read more...] about Whatever Happened to the Idea of Imperialism?
Sobukwe’s pan-Africanist dream: an illusive idea that refuses to die | The Conversation
ShutterstockFoundation essay: Our foundation essays are longer than usual and take a wider look at key issues affecting society. Is Africa really for Africans? American commissioner to Africa and abolitionist Martin Delany asked this question a century and a half ago following his sojourn in Africa and Europe. Attempts to answer it spawned pan-Africanism - an idea that … [Read more...] about Sobukwe’s pan-Africanist dream: an illusive idea that refuses to die | The Conversation
