Discussion of the often-intersecting issues of politics, health, access to food, agriculture, land rights, and climate change.

Data from South Africa Reconciliation Barometer: Political Violence an Option to a Quarter of South Africans

July 27, 2016 0

Almost half of South Africans feel out of touch with key representative institutions, while two thirds believe that their elected leaders do not really care about their plight. This is […]

Climate Change and Food Security in Southern Africa: A Humanitarian Crisis

April 7, 2016 0

Both climate change and the drought and subsequent food crisis in southern Africa are receiving considerable attention from the media. In this post, Greenwell Chigova links climate […]

Track Changes: Mental Health Through the Perspective of African Traditional Religions

April 5, 2016 0

In our ongoing series, “Track Changes,” we link to online content that we have found to be problematic in its assumptions, framing, or language and provide a question or thought(s) […]

Track Changes: Countering a Limited Perspective on Mental Illness

April 4, 2016 0

In our ongoing series, “Track Changes,” we link to online content that we have found to be problematic in its assumptions, framing, or language and provide a question or thought(s) […]

The spiritual is political: Blurring boundaries and challenging assumptions in religion and development

December 21, 2015 0

by Erin Wilson and Brenda Bartelink

Photo credit: Nikki Haze

Researchers at the CRCPD recently concluded a one-year NWO-funded pilot project exploring the entanglement of personal religious and spiritual transformation with […]

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