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The flood waters caused by Cyclone Idai have receded. But in some ways, the problems for many of the countries affected, are just beginning.
There's mounting evidence that increased lighting has a range of negative effects.
The discovery of a fossilised large predator is a rare event that offers insight into these beasts from the past.
The action plan offers no information about budgets, oversight, clear standards for measuring progress or accountability mechanisms.
Curator Okwui Enwezor, who has died aged 55, will be remembered for the hugely generative legacy of everything he has achieved.
The lack of in-depth coverage of the southern African floods tell a grim picture of the state of South Africa's newsrooms.
Les tempêtes récentes alertent tristement sur l’avenir des cyclones tropicaux dans la région, qui risquent de s’intensifier sous l’influence du changement climatique.
In Southern Africa, high rates of HIV infection have been the primary driver of TB
The recent storms provide a grim reminder of the prospect of future tropical cyclones in a region under continued threat from climate change.
Community-based HIV programmes helps improve access to health care.
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It's increasingly difficult to manage diseases in inner cities.
Fast-food outlets outnumber health food stores in South Africa's Gauteng province.
Much deeper social forces underlie the struggles within the governing ANC and society over the shape of the economy.
The environment at universities isn't conducive to effectively teaching and learning new languages.
South Africa needs to wean itself off coal in a way that protects jobs and the environment.
Cape Town's draft strategy on water supply is out for comment, but important elements are missing from it.
Pakar memperingatkan bahwa waktu penggunaan gadget yang berlebihan meningkatkan risiko obesitas, kebugaran fisik yang rendah, kecemasan dan depresi.
Guaranteeing unemployed South Africans a job at the minimum wage would have a range of positive outcomes for the economy.
Religiosity has been associated with lower alcohol, drug use and risky sexual behaviours in young people in the Western Cape.
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Head of the Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research, University of the Witwatersrand
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Conservation scientist, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor in Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Postdoc in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor and Program Director, PRICELESS SA ( Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Stregthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Researcher, Society Work and Politics Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies, Brown University, USA, and Distinguished Professor, Public Health and Medical Anthropology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Chair on Mobility & the Politics of Diversity. Migration; Urban Transformation, Xenophobia and Inclusion, University of the Witwatersrand
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Deputy Director of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases and a member of the joint staff, University of the Witwatersrand
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Epidemiologist, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Art History and Deputy Head of the Wits School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Project Manager, PRICELESS SA ( Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Stregthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
