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Pik Botha defended apartheid and South Africa's occupation of Namibia, but in the end helped end both.
South Africa's jobs summit failed to acknowledge fundamental issues in the approach to development and job creation.
El proyecto Global State of Young Scientists Africa investiga los desafíos que conforman las trayectorias profesionales de los jóvenes científicos africanos.
Deworming needs to be accompanied by health awareness campaigns in order to reduce diseases from parasitic worms.
For hot, dry and water-stressed countries like Botswana and Namibia, high temperatures and droughts will be more severe than the global average.
Social media presents new challenges in sensitive cases but media houses must stick to the law.
University rankings must include quality teaching and indicators that address inequality as measuring tools.
Calls to impose harsh prison sentences for verbal crimen injuria are often premised on the need to deter such behaviour.
Data from victim and crime perception surveys help make sense of South Africa's crime statistics.
Various attempts have been made to complete Cape Town's Foreshore Freeway scheme. A new approach is needed.
The legalisation of the private use of cannabis in South Africa is a victory for human rights. But, much more work needs to be done to make it practical.
Justice Zondo needs to get under the skin of the politics of state capture in South Africa, to get on record what happened, and why.
Foreign shop-owners in South Africa are accused of selling counterfeit food and food beyond its sell-by date. These claims are driven by politically charged opinions, not evidence.
Increasing police patrols won't solve South Africa's high rates of violent crime. Underlying problems need to be addressed.
Developing countries could leapfrog industrial agriculture systems by moving to agroecology.
The Global State of Young Scientists Africa project investigates the challenges that shape the career trajectories of young African scientists.
An effective, accountable National Prosecutions Authority needs at least two things: structural independence and competent personnel with expertise and integrity.
It's becoming increasingly difficult to take South Africa's ruling party seriously when it talks about economic reform.
South Africa's Constitutional Court judgment shows concern that the independence of the country's prosecuting authority has been compromised.
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South African Research Chair in Physical Cosmology, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer in Medical Humanities, University of Cape Town
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Research associate, University of Cape Town
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Director, Safety and Violence Initiaitive, University of Cape Town, University of Cape Town
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Senior Research Officer, Economics of Tobacco Control Project, University of Cape Town
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Research associate, University of Cape Town
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Head of the Division of Public Health Medicine in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
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Director, African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town
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Senior Researcher in Hydro-Climatology, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Professor, University of Cape Town
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Associate professor, University of Cape Town
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PhD Student, University of Cape Town
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