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A lesson from the 2012 massacre of mineworkers is the need for government to retain its role as primary governance agent, enforcing clear rules and ensuring the provision of public goods and services.
There's no uniformity around health and safety management programmes and practices within the construction industry.
South Africa’s data collection is constantly improving. That's especially true when it comes to metrics that weren't collected or were distorted for political purposes during apartheid.
Working with bone artefacts from archaeological sites in South Africa's southern Cape region, we've been able to show that some implements might have been used for sound production in the past.
Attitudes to retirement can influence decisions to save and plan for it. In turn, factors such as stress or lack of interest at work can impact attitudes towards retirement.
The world of the fourth industrial revolution looks set to be one dominated by forms of knowledge and industries -- like science and technology -- that have long been dominated by men.
Women were able to pursue an impressive feminist agenda as South Africa made its transition to democracy. But 25 years later there's not a lot left of the early victories.
Health systems are generally structured around nation-states. Migration, especially across national borders, therefore leads to challenges.
Keeping track of migration and urbanisation is challenging, but it's vital for population health that migration and urbanisation is well understood and planned for.
Health responses need to take on board the fact that the number of women and girls migrating across borders as well as within countries is growing.
It's difficult to keep track of the medical records of patients on the move and some may be lost to follow-up, presenting further public health challenges and population-wide risks.
The recent ruling to decriminalize same sex behaviour in Botswana may have a positive impact on the rest of southern Africa.
Poverty, traumatic experiences, and gender inequalities, directly increased HIV-risk behaviours such as having unprotected sex and having multiple sexual partners.
The study confirms that dolutegravir is an effective and well-tolerated ARV.
A clandestine system of transfer payment, with roots in apartheid-era boycotts, has developed into routine behaviour on which many family budgets now depend.
South Africa's universities are detached from society because of a waning public and civic sector that once fueled the anti-apartheid struggle. Here's what can be done.
Successes by the army and police on the Cape Flats will depend entirely on levels of cooperation established on an ad hoc basis.
When it comes to flu, information can range from confusion about what it actually is, to speculation about how it's transmitted.
The dilemma for Zuma and his legal team is this: by putting him on the witness stand, there is a risk that he would be found wanting, especially in terms of the detail of any matter.
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Head of School of Economic & Business Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Lecturer in Economics and Research Associate at the Public and Environmental Economics Research Centre (PEERC), University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Political Economy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate professor, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor: International Business & Strategy, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer of Finance, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Science Communication Researcher, Stellenbosch University
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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SARCHI Professor of International Development Law and African Economic Relations, University of Pretoria
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Professor and Director of The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
