Labour migrants from other provinces into Gauteng and the Western Cape are more likely to be employed than the two provinces’ permanent residents.
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The crisis in Tigray could have a spillover effect that will destabilise the Horn of Africa.
South African customary law should be understood from the perspective of dissonance between the past and the present.
Had the national government and Tigray state government attempted to engage in intergovernmental dialogue, things might have turned out differently.
The trouble is that the ANC’s branch structure, designed initially as a means of grassroots democracy at work, is in a mess.
L’analyse cycle de vie des emballages alimentaires omet souvent l’impact et la toxicité éventuelle des fuites de plastique dans l’environnement. Ce qui donne aux plastiques un avantage injustifié.
What’s taught in South African schools is at odds with the skills pupils need for the post-school world.
Life-cycle assessments of food packaging often omit the impact and possible toxicity of plastics leaking into the environment. Excluding these factors gives plastics an unjustified advantage.
South Africa needs some serious structural reforms before its moribund economy can come to life.
The new initiative reproduces the core weaknesses of post-apartheid state land and agricultural policy. These have done little to improve the livelihoods of the poor.
As lockdown restrictions are relaxed, it is key to continue high-impact non-pharmaceutical interventions that will not impede economic activity, but limit the spread of COVID-19.
The need to keep a physical distance conflicts with adolescents’ natural desire to connect with friends - their regular source of distraction and emotional support.
Teachers still hold the key to children’s learning and no keyboard or screen can replace their role.
Localising the child’s right act across the country will guarantee the application of child right laws to all children.
Some insights into previous outbreaks of human coronaviruses may be useful in explaining the comparatively ‘low’ numbers of COVID-19 infections and mortality in people with HIV in South Africa.
Microfossils offer up an array of information to scientists, like the time periods in which they lived and how environments have changed.
His appearance on behalf of the families of mine workers shot by the police at the Marikana Commission of Inquiry was just one of his efforts to seek justice for the poor and marginalised.
That none of his collections were published in apartheid South Africa testifies to the police state’s censorship.
Interventions using apps show promise as they could improve care for patients with chronic conditions. But patients can’t benefit from innovations unless they accept them and use them effectively.
There is no clear delineation of roles and responsibilities relating to the integration of clean water, sanitation, safe hygiene and nutritional status.
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Director, Centre for Legal Integration in Africa, University of the Western Cape
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Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow, Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape
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Associate research scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor, Economics, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor of Astronomy, University of the Western Cape
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Lecturer, University of the Western Cape
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Information Systems Senior Lecturer, University of the Western Cape
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PhD candidate with the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of the Western Cape
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Senior Lecturer: Interprofessional Education Unit, University of the Western Cape
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Lecturer, University of the Western Cape
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Postdoctoral Researcher, University of the Western Cape
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Dean of Faculty of Education, University of the Western Cape
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Teaching and Learning Specialist, University of the Western Cape
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Associate professor, University of the Western Cape
