Ubuntu provides a language for people to participate in preventive action, even if this involves practices such as lockdowns.
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The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, also known as Wits University, is a leading, internationally-ranked, research-intensive university located in Johannesburg, South Africa, the economic heartland of Africa. Committed to academic and research excellence and social justice, Wits generates high level scarce skills for a globally competitive world, while addressing local social and economic development. At the forefront of a changing society, Wits is a social leader, dedicated to advancing the public good.
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A wealth tax on the top 1% of South Africans could raise R143 billion. This corresponds to 29% of the R500 billion COVID-19 package announced by the government.
To refuse inclusion would prevent Africa’s researchers from being significant players in the universal fight against the virus.
We’d all love to know more about our neighbours – from COVID-19 data, census data and other official data sources – but we shouldn’t.
Knowing genetic associations in specific populations will make it possible to focus prevention and treatment on those who will benefit most, sparing expense and side effects from those who will not.
South Africa cannot afford to embark on a strategy of extended periodic lockdowns. It needs to shift to mass testing and contact tracing.
Attempting to defeat these folk theories with science achieved little; the myth busters of the AIDS epidemic were talking past those they were trying to convince.
South Africa could lose many children due to a measles outbreak which is completely preventable.
The South African government should be spending more, not less, to boost economic growth and create jobs.
Some of the false claims about coronavirus may be harmless. But others can be potentially dangerous.
South Africa must develop a comprehensive health and economic strategy if it is to stop the COVID-19 pandemic without causing long term socio-economic damage.
South Africa won’t flatten the COVID-19 pandemic curve unless all citizens have the means to stay at home. But for many, it’s either they stay at home and starving, or go out to make a living.
In any national health disaster calling individuals to voluntarily restrict their movements and interactions, the conflict between public interest and personal autonomy is bound to become messy.
Crowdsourcing is a promising approach to biomedical research and development (R&D) and could produce solutions to pandemics like this one.
The clock is ticking: in the absence of government support, not being able to work means waste reclaimers don’t have money to buy food.
His life’s work was asserting the humanity and history of the Bantu people, while proposing that the soul was able to bring knowledge of the past and of the future into the present.
In reacting to the pandemic, architecture can reclaim its impact by conceding its loss of connection with public health, looking beyond Western thinking for its references.
With humility that belied his global stature, his laugh came easily, and his generous storytelling taught lessons that his students grew into for many years after he shared them.
A group of scientists studying Madagascar’s natural treasures also wanted to respect the island’s language.
The saxophonist and singer leaves a legacy spanning more than 60 years of musical production that will continue to echo in global sounds.
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Associate Director and Researcher at the Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit (DPHRU), University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Urban Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Herpetology, Environmental Physiology and Physiology, Ecology and Evolution, University of the Witwatersrand
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Honorary researcher, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Science Communication Officer, GENUS, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Centennial Postdoctoral Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
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Adjunct Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate professor, Finance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor, School of Economics and Finance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Poet and lecturer in Creative Writing, University of the Witwatersrand
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GENUS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor in the SAMRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Postdoctoral Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
