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With increased anti-money laundering measures, banks are shutting out women

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imageWomen in many developing countries find it difficult to open a bank account.Fayaz Kabli/Reuters

Around the world, women in developing economies enjoy less access to the banking system than men.

Bank account opening procedures, especially requirements to produce identity documents, are a major barrier for undocumented women in developing countries....

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Why Biko's Black Consciousness philosophy resonates with youth today

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imageBlack students at University of Stellenbosch protest against the institutions's language policy they say discriminates against them by favouring Afrikaans.Times Media/Adrian de Kock

Foundation essay: Our foundation essays are longer than usual and take a wider look at key issues affecting society.

Peter Gabriel’s song characterising the...

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International partnerships can be powerful tools for Africa's universities

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imageThen-US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discusses collaboration between the US and Senegal. International partnerships, particularly between universities, can yield great rewards.EPA

When an African university signs a memorandum of understanding, whether with a counterpart on the continent or one elsewhere in the world, there is great...

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Marikana artwork provides a tool for conscientisation

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imageIt may seem like photographer Greg Marinovich captured a bare landscape in his photos of Marikana, but the dreary photos are filled with haunting memories of the massacre that took place there.© Greg Marinovich

The killing of 34 striking miners near the Lonmin platinum mine at Marikana in South Africa’s North West province in 2012 was...

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