By Unaludo Sechele, Research Fellow, University of the Free State
The history of labour migration in Botswana can be linked to the discovery of gold and diamonds in South Africa in the late 19th century. South Africa needed cheap labour, and men from neighbouring territories were pulled into the workforce as unskilled or semi-skilled workers in mines, factories, kitchens and farms.
Mine recruitment agencies…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Masked US federal agents outside the immigration court in Manhattan's 26 Federal Plaza, New York City, October 31, 2025. © 2025 Andrea Renault/STAR MAX/AP Photo (Washington, DC, December 18, 2025) – United States federal immigration enforcement agents now commonly operate masked and without visible identification, compounding the abusive and unaccountable nature of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, Human Rights Watch said today. The indefinite and widespread nature of these practices is fundamentally inconsistent with the United States’ obligations…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Children at a free government pre-primary school, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, November 2022. © 2022 Bede Sheppard / Human Rights Watch Discussions are advancing at the United Nations on a new global treaty to guarantee every child’s right to a free education. Last week, countries gathered at the UN in Geneva to explore ways of strengthening international law around access to free pre-primary and secondary education. At least 74 countries from all regions participated, reflecting broad and sustained interest in an initiative led by Sierra Leone and the Dominican Republic.It…
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By Matthew Kearnes, Professor of Environment & Society, UNSW Sydney
Cameron Holley, Professor, Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney
Carley Bartlett, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney
Denis O'Carroll, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW Sydney
Patrick Bonney, Research Fellow in Anthropology, Deakin University
When worried communities talk to authorities about forever chemicals, officials often seek to explain and clarify. But this isn’t what people actually want.
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By Jacques Raubenheimer, Senior Research Fellow, Biostatistics, University of Sydney
Google Trends results for attackers’ names from before an attack are increasingly (and incorrectly) being used as evidence of conspiracies.
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By Katrina Raynor, Research associate, The University of Melbourne
A new study has revealed how many homes would be needed to end rough sleeping in three major Australian cities – and the costs.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Increased penalties for hate speech promoting violence and making hate an aggravating factor in sentencing are among a raft of new laws following the Bondi attack.
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By Kate Cantrell, Senior Lecturer, Writing, Editing and Publishing, University of Southern Queensland
Former journalist Olivia Nuzzi’s American Canto, about her ‘digital affair’ with politician RFK Jr, raises all kinds of ethical questions. Oh, and it’s a hot mess.
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By Charlotte Ganderton, Senior Lecturer (Physiotherapy), RMIT University
Joshua Heerey, Physiotherapist and Research Fellow (hip and knee osteoarthritis), La Trobe University
Hip pain can be a real worry, and many associate it with old age. But younger people get it too and only a minority of people with hip pain will need surgery.
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By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University
Are recent gains against the US dollar just a blip – or the start of a new trend? A former Reserve Bank economist explains what to keep an eye on for the year ahead.
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