By Wayne van Zijl, Associate Professor and CLM Assistant Dean of Research, University of the Witwatersrand
Imagine being asked to prepare monthly reports that all demand their own classifications, measurement bases and templates.
This is the reality that nonprofit organisations (NPOs) face across the world.
In a recent paper, my co-authors and I present findings from interviews with 21 nonprofit stakeholders from South Africa, the UK, the US, Sweden and Uganda. The aim was to understand the reporting challenges they faced, and to consider possible solutions.
One NPO spends two weeks…
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By Ralph Hamann, Professor, University of Cape Town
Amelia Clarke, Professor of Sustainability Management, University of Waterloo
Domenico Dentoni, Professor of Business, Resilience, and Transformation, Montpellier Business School
Frank de Bakker, Professor of Business and Society, IÉSEG School of Management
Martina Linnenluecke, Professor at UTS Business School; Centre for Climate Risk and Resilience, University of Technology Sydney
Partnerships need to grapple with the tension between what to preserve and what to change rather than be paralysed by it.
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By Felix Dube, Lecturer in the Department of Public Law, University of Venda
South Africa’s new electricity pricing policy reflects some changes but fails to guarantee more free power for millions who need it.
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By Jia B. Kangbai, Senior lecturer, Njala University
Drawing lessons from Sierra Leone and having watched the mid-2026 outbreak in the DRC, I conclude that it risks become a global epidemic.
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By Bamo Nouri, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of International Politics, City St George's, University of London
Inderjeet Parmar, Professor in International Politics, City St George's, University of London
Iran’s threat to target American warships with an enhanced ballistic missile appears to mark a new and potentially more dangerous phase of the Middle East conflict, six months in. Tehran says its solid-fuel Qassem Basir missile enables it to “take action against any threat, even before it is carried out”. Reports have suggested that the Qassem Basir was the missile used in tests Iran claimed…
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By Christophe Jaffrelot, Directeur de recherche au CERI, Sciences Po
The recent student protests in India reflect the difficulties faced by a middle class whose growth has slowed significantly in recent years.
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By Chris Arsenault, Chair of the Master of Media in Journalism and Communication Program (MMJC) and assistant professor of journalism, Western University
Interviews with reporters funded by the government’s Local Journalism Initiative reveal no evidence of political interference but clear examples of pressure from advertisers.
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By Andreana Drencheva, Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, King's College London
You may know the feeling. You’re supposed to have finished work for the day, but later, during your evening meal, you start mentally preparing for tomorrow’s meeting. Or just having a quick check of your emails while you half watch TV.
You might not mean to, or even want to. It’s just something that you end up doing as part of the price of enjoying some autonomy at work.
For a while now, research has claimed that professional autonomy was a…
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By David McMillan, Professor in Finance, University of Stirling
Prime minister Andy Burnham and chancellor John Healey have to find answers about where cuts will be made or taxes raised.
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By Akanksha Bapna, Senior Research Fellow, Climate and Sustainability, ODI Global
Floods, droughts and extreme heat can disrupt nutrition and healthcare in early life, with consequences that may last for years.
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