Is Professor Jansen’s imminent departure a sign of things to come, an academic and intellectual flight?
Anthony Egan, S.J.
Anthony Egan, S.J., contributes from Johannesburg.
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What explains the lukewarm response to “Amoris Laetitia” in South Africa?
Pope Francis and his advisors should consider new publication strategies.
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Are cracks in the Jacob Zuma A.N.C. bloc showing?
Among the many speakers calling for the president’s resignation were veteran A.N.C. leaders.
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Country for Sale?
The domestic affairs of South Africa have been interfered with by a foreign multinational.
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In South Africa President Zuma (and company) loses a round to the Constitutional Court
President Zuma agreed that he would “pay back the money” but denied that he was personally to blame.
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CSI: South Africa
The crime genre’s current popularity is an expression of a new political concern.
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Disruptions and platitudes at South African President Zuma’s State of the Nation address
President Zuma didn’t address the fundamental problems we face: low investor confidence, failing infrastructure and unemployable citizens.
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Local Elections in South Africa Could Predict National Political Landscape
At roughly midway in Jacob Zuma’s second (and constitutionally last) term as president of South Africa polls and growing numbers of protests both suggest a growing discontent with the ruling African National Congress (A.N.C.).
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South Africans are no longer amused
President Zuma may still giggle in public; South Africans are not amused.
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Beyond the university crisis: the challenge in South Africa today
After decades of struggle for tertiary education and political liberation, a new generation remains trapped in what is now a kind of “democratic poverty.” Democracy has not delivered the goods.