Kenya is planning to privatise prisons: why it's risky and needs careful planning: Private companies can provide services - like catering - for inmates. LightField Studios/ShutterstockKenya is taking steps towards privatising its prisons. Gráinne Perkins asked expert Rob Allen, an independent researcher and cofounder of Justice and Prisons, about the benefits and risks of … [Read more...] about Kenya is planning to privatise prisons: why it’s risky and needs careful planning | The Conversation
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What southern Africa needs to do to manage rising temperatures | The Conversation
What southern Africa needs to do to manage rising temperatures: Dairy and livestock farming will not be viable over much of the subcontinent at the current rate of warming. ShutterstockThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released a special report outlining what would need to be done to keep the world from warming up by more than 1.5°C. That target level came … [Read more...] about What southern Africa needs to do to manage rising temperatures | The Conversation
South African law needs a zero tolerance approach to racist utterances | The Conversation
South African law needs a zero tolerance approach to racist utterances: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was recently the subject of a racist video rant. Lintao Zhang/EPAA “selfie” video rant has landed a South African man, Kessie Nair, in hot water. Nair faces six counts of crimen injuria and two of incitement to public violence after recording himself spewing racist … [Read more...] about South African law needs a zero tolerance approach to racist utterances | The Conversation
Why inquiry into corruption in South Africa needs to act with urgency | The Conversation
Why inquiry into corruption in South Africa needs to act with urgency: Deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo is heading up the inquiry into corruption in South Africa. EPA-EFE/Kim LudbrookA commission of inquiry into corruption in South Africa is underway. How it goes about its work, and delivers on its mandate, will have profound constitutional and political consequences. This is … [Read more...] about Why inquiry into corruption in South Africa needs to act with urgency | The Conversation
Key questions the Zondo inquiry needs to pose about the nuclear deal | The Conversation
Key questions the Zondo inquiry needs to pose about the nuclear deal: Deputy Chief Justice Ray Zondo looks into state capture in South Africa's energy sector. EPA-EFESouth Africa is emerging from a debilitating period where politicians and their benefactors systematically placed pliable individuals into key positions at state institutions to gain undue influence and … [Read more...] about Key questions the Zondo inquiry needs to pose about the nuclear deal | The Conversation
