The political death of President Jacob Zuma is proving to be a protracted affair. Though he lives to fight another day, the ANC faces the prospect of losing its majority at the polls next year.
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Chief research officer: Global Risk Governance Programme, Public Law Department, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town
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Professor at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Economics and Director of the Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Economics and Director of the Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, University of Cape Town
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Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Cape Town
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Senior Clinical Research Officer , University of Cape Town
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Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Research Officer, Climate System Analysis Group, University of Cape Town
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Research Officer, Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, University of Cape Town
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PhD student, University of Cape Town
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Professor in Biological Anthropology, Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, University of Cape Town
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Professor, University of Cape Town
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Anthropologist, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer (Political Economy), University of Cape Town
