Pit bulls were imported to South Africa, mainly from the 1970s, where they were further bred - some as guard dogs, some as pets, some for illegal dog fighting rings.
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The individual stories of migrant women are essential in understanding if HIV healthcare strategies and programmes are working.
Cities vie with each other to present global sporting events as a way to position themselves as world-class cities. However, this marketing often exacerbates social inequalities.
The overcrowded conditions of prisons make them a high-risk environment for the spread of infectious diseases such as TB.
Across the world, phenological events are occurring increasingly earlier as a result of climate change.
The benefit of an injectable product is that it avoids the adherence issues related to taking a pill daily.
Some countries, like Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, and Nigeria, have been more proactive than others, but it is still hard for many to get PrEP.
Based on official statistics, we conclude that the country has made more progress towards land reform than is generally suggested.
A new exhibition in Johannesburg focuses on the beliefs and paintings of the San people.
Black Panther and its sequel are more than just good movies: they can be used as teaching tools.
South Africa’s policies need to do more to protect vulnerable and marginalised small-scale fishers and fishing communities.
Tiny plant and insect fossils provide unique insight into an ancient ecosystem that would, later, be altered by climatic shifts.
Study finds that the language used in news reports is often part of the problem, not the solution.
Flushing toilets use around nine to 12 litres of water per flush. And that is potable water.
Employment-intensive growth and a low emissions strategy can complement each other in South Africa.
A central repository system offers practical solutions to reducing the large number of awaiting-trial inmates in Nigeria.
Mangroves support a significant amount of biodiversity and their soils can capture a great deal of carbon.
There are ways in which platform workers can resist the rise in job insecurity and poor working conditions brought on by digital labour platforms.
Changing habitat ranges, competition for food and water, and biological effects of climate change all pose threats to wildlife.
When it comes to dependency on coal power plants, South Africa is in a class of its own: 85% of its electricity is produced in coal power plants.
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Senior Research Fellow, Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Political Economy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies., University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate professor, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Technology Management, University of Pretoria
