Stellenbosch University | Political Science
This is a critical time to defend democracy and the powers of school governing bodies in education, Daily Maverick, 18 December 2022
Closing narratives in addressing the Covid-19 pandemic: The return of Lysenkoism?, BizNews, 29 March 2022
From Hong Kong to Canada, ‘do as I tell you’ governments risk trapping us in Covid Groundhog Day, South China Morning Post, 26 March 2022
Sub-Saharan Africa’s liberty deficit: can civil society help fill the gap? The Conversation, 27 October 2021
Imagine going for a run and ending up dead, News24, 17 November 2023
Mamokgethi Phakeng must take the blame for her own downfall, News24, 23 February 2023
Violence against women is staggeringly high in South Africa – a different way of thinking about it is needed, The Conversation, 29 November 2022
Freedom Day 2022 — What freedom when life is precarious and poverty all-pervasive? Daily Maverick, 25 April 2022
Women’s Day 2022: Just another day on the island of Lord of the Flies, Daily Maverick, 7 August 2022
Rape is endemic in South Africa. Why the ANC government keeps missing the mark, The Conversation, 4 August 2022
Murder of Johannesburg sex workers shows why South Africa must urgently decriminalise the trade, The Conversation, 19 October 2022
How the Commission for Gender Equality was captured, City Press, 29 August 2021
The furore over Miss South Africa’s decision to compete in Israel: here’s a feminist critique, The Conversation, 2 December 2021
South Africa is notorious for its high levels of gender-based violence, Cape Times, 29 April 2021
South Africa’s police are losing the war on crime – here’s how they need to rethink their approach, The Conversation, 17 November 2023
Did South Africa sell arms to Russia? Only a series of unlikely scenarios could have made it possible, The Conversation, 16 May 2023
Robberies surge as criminals take advantage of South Africa’s power outages, The Conversation, 4 February 2023
Mass shootings in South Africa are often over group turf: how to stop the cycle of reprisals, 18 July 2022
Dís hoekom veiligheidsmagte geweld goedgepraat het tydens inperkings, Netwerk24, 17 February 2022.
South Africans are feeling more insecure: do Ramaphosa’s plans add up?, The Conversation, 11 February 2022
Will 2022 be the SAPS’s watershed year? News24, 26 January 2022.
Gun control in South Africa: tightening the law, and more, 19 August 2021
Why have South Africans been on a looting rampage? Research offers insights, The Conversation, 15 July 2021
Licensed to kill: Does owning a firearm in South Africa make you more or less safe? Well, it depends. Daily Maverick, 23 June 2021
Crime levels, alcohol and COVID-19 lockdowns, News24, 23 February 2021
Lockdown policing is not lekker, News24, 27 January 2021
South Africa’s ruling party is performing dismally, but a flawed opposition keeps it in power, The Conversation, 18 June 2023
Ramaphosa delivers clear analysis of South Africa’s problems. But will he act on them? The Conversation, 11 February 2022
Young people are the neglected and often overlooked electoral power brokers — but only if they bother to vote, Daily Maverick, 27 January 2021
Reformists, revisionists and the future of Brics, Business Day, 29 August 2023
Why SA should remain a ‘bridge’ in international affairs, News24, 31 July 2023
Is Brics expansion SA’s Pandora’s box? Business Day, 26 April 2023
Article: Developing a common African approach to China in a divided world. 2024
Developing a common African approach to China in a divided world
Recent Podcast with the China Global South Project on Labour Relations at Chinese Construction Site in Africa. The discussion was based on the chapter – A Global sense of Workplace: Labour Relations in Sino-African Construction Site– that Dr. Elisa Gambino and I co-authored for Africa’s Global Infrastructures: South-South Transformations in Practice edited by Prof. Jana Hoenke, Dr Eric Cezne, and Yifan Yang. 4 April 2024.