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Bitter battle over labour brokers threatens South Africa's fragile social order

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageLoopholes in the post-apartheid labour relations framework has created an opening for the re-creation of a cheap labour regimeREUTERS/Rogan Ward

Foundation essay: This article is part of a series marking the launch of The Conversation in Africa. Our foundation essays are longer than usual and take a wider look at key issues affecting society.

South...

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Why exporting live cattle to the United States is a bad idea

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageAustralian cattle wait to be loaded onto a ship to Indonesia. Their voyage to the United States would be even longer.AAP Image/Xavier La Canna

Currently, about one in 12 cattle born in Australia is exported alive to be slaughtered in a foreign country. But Australia’s live export industry is looking to expand significantly, partly spurred on...

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Paul's Apocalypse gave us heaven and hell several times over

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imageThe earliest sources, including Paul's letters, show very little interest in the mythological details of heavenly existence.Wikimedia Commons/ Probably Valentin de Boulogne: Saint Paul Writing His Epistles.

Early Christian writers were fond of putting words into other people’s mouths. When the apostle Paul (the theologian formerly known as...

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