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ACHILLE MBEMBE

Academics, students urge Wits University to divest from fossil fuels

Staff and students argue it is unethical for university to profit from an industry that damages the planet and distorts science

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Risenga Maluleke, Statistician-General at Statistics South Africa
2021 CENSUS

Stats SA ‘throttled’ by budget cuts, requires extra funding to combat brain drain

The portfolio committee on public service and administration says it will call for additional funding so Stats SA can render its services effectively

  • Aliyah Price
3 min read
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DAVID EVERATT

Democracy will flounder sans Stats SA

As the government bails out state-owned entities, it is leaving a hole in the budget of the agency tasked with telling us what South Africa looks like — one that is crucial to…

  • Sarah Smit
  • M&G Data Desk
6 min read
Popular leaders: Professor David Everatt has been conducting electoral polls for years. He says Nelson Mandela and Cyril Ramaphosa are the only ANC presidents who have polled better than the party. (Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
2019 ELECTIONS

The fine art of pollings

A Gauteng elections research team says an ANC win in the province will mean the party has one last chance to ‘get it right’

  • Natasha Marrian
5 min read
Cyril Ramaphosa addresses a rally to commemorate Nelson Mandela’s centenary year in Cape Town
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

The Ramaphosa moment: How many Messiahs can one country take?

What kind of president will Ramaphosa be? He is self-evidently a private and reserved human being.

  • David Everatt
6 min read