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Le papillomavirus humain est la principale cause du cancer du col de l'utérus, mais toutes les personnes infectées ne développent pas la maladie.
Kenya’s police have a long history of using excessive force.
The majority of South Africans want government to regulate the mining industry more tightly to reduce its negative impact on the environment.
The filmmakers followed the Reclaim the City campaign for six years to document their struggle for accommodation in Cape Town’s elite ‘city bowl’.
The human papillomavirus is the primary cause of cervical cancer – but not all infected individuals develop the disease.
Le nombre de fumeurs en Afrique est en augmentation. La recherche calcule l'effet des augmentations de prix induites par les taxes sur les habitudes tabagiques des jeunes.
The number of smokers in Africa is on the rise. Research calculates the effect of tax-led price increases on the smoking habits of young people.
Cape Town’s storms caused severe flooding and extreme winds that fan wildfires. Early warning systems are important in protecting people from these dangers.
Power outages in South Africa pose a threat to employment.
Pigs, specifically those weighing around 60kg, are useful in human decomposition studies.
The COVID-19 pandemic did not deter wildlife traffickers from going about their illegal business. Their methods may offer lessons about resilience in crisis scenarios such as climate emergencies.
The study provides reason for optimism about the effects of minimum wage policies on poverty.
Les pays africains sont entraînés dans un cycle de dépendance à l'égard de la dette. Trois facteurs principaux sont en jeu.
African countries are being driven into a debt dependency cycle. Three major factors are at play.
The constitution and the principle of constitutionalism will continue to be politically contested territory. So far it’s held in South Africa.
The third and final part of our series What happened to Nelson Mandela’s South Africa on The Conversation Weekly podcast. Featuring interviews with Sithembile Mbete and Richard Calland.
Commerce, culture and heritage mix in rather strange and sometimes unsettling ways in South Africa, especially when the struggle for freedom is commemorated.
The University of Cape Town’s new report on the impacts of climate change in South Africa found that heatwaves and water stress will affect jobs, deepen inequality, and increase gender-based violence.
Development finance addresses the failures or limitations of financial institutions such as commercial and investment banks.
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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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Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Senior Clinical Research Officer , 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
