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Ruth First and Joe Slovo: South African Communists and the Eritrean War of Liberation

Ruth First and Joe Slovo: South African Communists and the Eritrean War of Liberation

by chloe | Jun 14, 2018 | Africa, Human Rights

by Martin Plaut, Senior Research Fellow Ruth First (4 May 1925 – 17 August 1982) is today recognised as one of South Africa’s revolutionary heroes. She was a radical journalist, educator and member of the Communist Party. Her papers are held by the Institute of...
What does the Commonwealth mean to me? Tracing the institution’s global and personal impact

What does the Commonwealth mean to me? Tracing the institution’s global and personal impact

by chloe | Apr 21, 2018 | Is the Commonwealth relevant? series, The Commonwealth

by Keith Somerville, Senior Research Fellow My first memory of being aware of something called the Commonwealth was as a six or seven year old at West Acton Infant’s School in West London. On the second Monday in March, if the weather was good, the whole school would...
Democracy and violence: the threat to South Africa’s elections

Democracy and violence: the threat to South Africa’s elections

by chloe | Feb 2, 2018 | Africa

by Martin Plaut, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies Violent politics in a violent society South African elections take place against a background of violence. The ruptures of the apartheid era have been carried over into post-apartheid society,...
Swaziland – thinking the unthinkable to save rhinos by legalising trade in horn

Swaziland – thinking the unthinkable to save rhinos by legalising trade in horn

by Jack Saffery-Rowe | Sep 14, 2016 | Africa

by Professor Keith Somerville, ICWS Senior Research Fellow Swaziland has submitted a proposal on the legalisation of trade in rhino horn to the Conference of the Parties to CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora),...
Taking the bull by the horns – dehorning rhinos to protect them

Taking the bull by the horns – dehorning rhinos to protect them

by Jack Saffery-Rowe | Sep 6, 2016 | Africa

by Professor Keith Somerville, ICWS Senior Research Fellow The large bull rhino, accompanied by a couple of rhino cows, was about a hundred metres away. The jeep carrying the darting team moved closer, there was a popping sound and the bull twitched and moved off with...
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