When people can testify in their own language, this increases their access to justice.
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Forensic linguistics can play a valuable role in interpreting evidence.
Foot and mouth disease affects hoofed animals like cattle, goats and camels.
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South Africa must adopt traceability systems to effectively control foot and mouth disease.
Around 18% of previously treated TB cases are drug resistant.
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Using a large number of computers to screen TB drugs reduces the cost and time.
South African students protest outside Parliament in support of students convicted over the #FeesMustFall protests.
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Certain criteria are needed to lead a university but additional knowledge is also useful.
Economics teaching needs to be more relevant and rooted in reality, not theory.
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Universities should begin the process of updating and modernising their undergraduate economics curricula.
Many countries around the world can’t meet the demand for donor organs.
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Religious and cultural beliefs play a role in the country’s organ donor shortages. But these factors alone grossly oversimplifies the issue.
While women in sub-Saharan Africa live longer than men, many of these extra years are lived in poor health.
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Data suggest that people are living many years in poor health in Africa.
South African’s President Cyril Ramaphosa. One of the biggest obstacles to his success is the party he leads, the ANC.
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For a long time South Africa thought it had a Jacob Zuma problem. In fact its got a systemic ANC problem.
It’s important for kids to move and play.
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New guidelines have been launched that make recommendations on the daily activities of babies and young children.
The WHO recommends testing for HIV every 6 to 12 months.
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Knowing your HIV status is key to accessing life-saving treatment or evaluating the best prevention options.
The largest number of HIV-exposed but uninfected children are in South Africa.
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HIV negative children born to women with HIV have a greater risk of dying before their first birthday.
The theme for World Aids Day is “know your status”.
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Access to HIV testing is an important factor in reaching UN goals that 90% of people with HIV must know their status by 2020.
Beautifully preserved flowstone and sediment layers from the Cradle of Humankind.
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South Africa’s fossils can step out of the shadows of being undated and undateable.
Gansbaai, a popular town in the Western Cape, South Africa, is battling illegal poaching.
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Breaking the cycle of illegal abalone poaching in South Africa is going to be tough, but not impossible.
Nigerians have the lowest trust in the country’s media, thanks to widespread misinformation.
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Disinformation in Africa often takes the form of extreme speech inciting violence and spreading racist, misogynous, xenophobic messages.
Buffalo in the Kruger National Park, South Africa.
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The economic, social and conservation reasons why hunting remains relevant in southern Africa.
X-ray of the lungs in a 5-year-old child who has pneumonia.
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There have been many advances made in the prevention and treatment of pneumonia, but providing for people’s basic needs can help reduce the disease burden.
A London bus displays anti-apartheid message at the height of South Africa’s isolation.
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As South Africa became an international pariah, it began working in shady ways through even more shady operators, including getting arms from the Soviet Union and China.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa addresses a recent investment summit.
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South Africa’s president has firmly thrown his weight behind the private sector. This could prove significant.
There’s huge societal value in opening up access to knowledge resources.
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Globally, the scholarly publishing system is in dire need of financial and legislative change.