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2022 Interlocking inequalities, conflicts, and crises: COVID-19 and education

Mere weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, HSRC experts warned of the negative effect it could have on South Africa's education system, an effec...

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2021 Black tax: how young black professionals embrace a public good

The answer to whether students should pay for higher education in South Africa or get it for free remains both topical and contested. One ar...

2021 "Minding the just gap": perceptions of the legitimacy of income inequality from the South African Social Attitudes Survey

This article explores perceptions of the legitimacy of income inequality in South Africa, looking at the just income gap: salaries considere...

2021 Researching the south on its own terms as a matter of justice

This essay draws on the collective learnings from the research study published as Moral Eyes: Youth and justice in Cameroon, Nigeria, Sierra...