By Rob Manwaring, Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
Josh Sunman, Associate lecturer, Flinders University
While the Malinauskas government is expected to easily be returned to power, there will be much interest in the right-of-centre parties’ performance.
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By Judy Ingham, Newsletter Producer, The Conversation
A better way to control inflation, a warning about whooping cough and consideration for renters in housing conversations: an edited selection of your views.
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By Mark Swilling, Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Development, Stellenbosch University
If conditions for private investment in the transmission infrastructure are not put in place, it’s likely that loadshedding will return in 2029.
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By Rod Crompton, Visiting Adjunct Professor, African Energy Leadership Centre, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his 2026 State of the Nation address, announced that the country’s electricity transmission assets would move out of state-owned Eskom. This will happen once the newly established National Transmission Company of South Africa is unbundled into a fully independent company.
This is not the first time Ramaphosa has used his State of the Nation address to keep South Africa’s electricity reforms on track. In 2021,
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By Tamara Krawchenko, Associate Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria
Alberta is not a place that ‘doesn’t matter’ economically; the anger of those who want to separate from Canada stems from the belief that it matters a great deal and is still being disrespected.
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By Gwendolyn Blue, Professor, University of Calgary
The Canadian government’s recent approval of the first gene-edited animal to enter the food system has reignited debates over whether foods produced using genetic engineering techniques should be labelled.
Gene-edited animals, including…
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By Jennifer Guthrie, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Western University
Norovirus outbreaks at events like the Olympics are more than logistical setbacks. They reveal how the virus’s biology and the realities of mass gatherings make containment difficult.
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By Adam Ali, Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology, Western University
On Feb. 12, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) banned Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych from competition for wearing a helmet that featured images of fellow Ukrainian athletes who had been killed in Russia’s invasion of his home nation.
According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner…
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By Naomi Andrews, Associate Professor of Child and Youth Studies, Brock University
Molly Dawes, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, University of South Carolina
Picture this: a group of girls are sitting at a table in the lunchroom when a boy walks by. One girl turns to another girl and laughingly says: “Oh, isn’t that your boyfriend? You should go kiss him!”
A different girl chimes in: “Yeah, go give him a big kiss!” The girl in question responds: “Shh, stop that. I don’t want him to hear you!” and she smiles, but her face goes red. Her friends continue, making kissing noises and laughing. The others in the group join in laughing as well.
How should the girl interpret that behaviour? Were the teasers being playful — or taunting…
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By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, Professor of Practice, International Human Rights Law, Tufts University
In a rapidly fracturing world, regional integration could be a source of resilience for the African continent.
The African Union agreed in 2019 to establish the African Continental Free Trade Area founded on the building blocks laid by eight regional economic communities. These are the Arab…
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