The Conversation
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... →
Elite schools in South Africa: how quiet gatekeeping keeps racial patterns in place
21st August 2025 In South Africa, children’s admission to a particular public school is decided by province. Each provincial education department manages its own... →
2 in 3 Africans will live in cities by 2050: how planners can put this to good use
21st August 2025 Africa’s population is projected to nearly double by 2050, with 80% of that growth being concentrated in urban areas, leaving two out of three... →
Young South Africans don’t bother with elections: would lowering the voting age make a difference?
20th August 2025 South Africa is due to hold local government elections in 2026. In the last election in 2021, only 15% of the eligible voters aged 18 to 21... →
