As principal investigator at the Harvard School of Public Health, Max Essex, was recently awarded $20 million to study HIV prevention in Botswana – a meagre reward for the man who played a pivotal role in creating the current conceptual model of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, compared to the billions distributed annually. Essex’s erroneous research spawned the theory [...]
It’s very unusual, unless a virtual state of war exists, for a senior member of one country’s ruling party to say openly that he will work with the opposition parties of a neighbouring country to bring down its elected government. That’s precisely what Julius Malema, head of the ANC Youth League, did at the end of [...]
While much is written these days about South Africa’s relations with the world, reading about the relations with its neighbours seems sometimes to be more of a specialist pursuit. While of course everyone at home and abroad will hear about and have an opinion on the country’s relations with Zimbabwe, there is perhaps less discussion [...]
SADC: Delegates at the 10th regional seminar of ACP-EU economic and social interest groups organised by the European economic and social committee (EESC) in Gaborone, Botswana, on June 28-30 debated the EPA negotiations with the SADC region. The seminar also debated the impact of the financial and economic crisis on Africa, food security and the [...]
