The Conversation
Should governments pay businesses for climate disasters? Researchers unpack huge lawsuits in South Africa
1st September 2025 The most catastrophic natural disaster ever recorded in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province – also the worst flood in South Africa for more than... →
Cameroon’s election risks instability, no matter who wins
1st September 2025 Cameroonians will vote in presidential elections on 12 October 2025. The incumbent, Paul Biya, who has been in office for nearly 43 years, will be... →
Senegal’s rating downgrade: credit agencies are punishing countries that don’t check their numbers
1st September 2025 Senegal’s dramatic two-notch credit rating downgrade in February 2025 by the credit rating agency Moody’s was followed by a Standard & Poor’s... →
World maps get Africa’s size wrong: cartographers explain why fixing it matters
29th August 2025 The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of... →
Africa’s city planners must look to the global south for solutions: Johannesburg and São Paulo offer useful insights
28th August 2025 For decades, the dominant theories and models in urban studies have been built from the experience of a small set of mostly western cities. Other... →
South Africa’s new climate targets: balancing ambition with the realities of coal and climate finance
28th August 2025 South Africa has scaled back its ambitions to cut down on the greenhouse emissions that come from burning fossil fuels and which cause global warming. →
South Africa’s service delivery crisis: why protesters are using more militant tactics
27th August 2025 Post-apartheid South Africa is characterised by frequent public protests. On average, between 2007 and 2013, there were over 11 protests daily.... →
Climate disasters are escalating: 6 ways South Africa’s G20 presidency can lead urgent action
26th August 2025 South Africa currently holds the presidency of the G20 – the group of 19 of the world’s largest economies and the African Union. It has set up a... →
South Africa’s sewage crisis: official reports don’t include millions of litres of leaking wastewater
26th August 2025 Wastewater is the water we flush down our toilets, send down the drain from our showers and sinks or discharge from factories. It’s supposed to... →
African migration: 5 trends and what’s driving them
21st August 2025 The Donald Trump administration issued an executive order in June 2025 banning nationals from 12 countries from travelling to the United States. It... →
