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The late Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko and political philosophers Frantz Fanon and Achille Mbembe top the list of writers who get routinely abducted by discerning pirates of the book world.
There are compelling educational reasons to employ more black academics in universities and to give them all the support they’ll need to become professors.
Indexes such as the Global Peace Index are used by a wide variety of players to make decisions ranging from investments to providing other support. But do they deserve this level of credibility?
Wind farms are responsible for a large number of bird deaths. Finding a way to ensure that they can co-exist is vital.
A study examining why paedophiles sexually abuse young children highlights their own childhood adversities and socio-cultural factors as some of the reasons.
A real-time hand-held device can help employers measure the impact of the sun on workers.
The much-awaited report into the Marikana Massacre of 2012 is finally out. A new book tells how the miners’ struggles went on to influence labour relations across industries in South Africa.
There may be a chemical secret to getting kids interested in learning – and it’s one that’s created and produced by our own bodies rather than in a lab.
Bats have developed special attack mechanisms for hunting moths, and moths have responded by developing defence mechanisms to avoid being eaten.
Did the former union leader, multi-millionaire former businessman and current deputy president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, have the blood of 34 striking mineworkers on his hands?
Although one third of the world’s population have the TB bacterium, the disease only develops in 10%, which may be linked to genetic factors.
Rwanda requires the use of renewable energy to power up healthcare clinics in rural parts of the country.
What happens when a school doesn’t have many resources but teachers and the principal really listen to learners’ ideas and fears? The results, research finds, can be remarkable.
The Freedom Charter, adopted at a meeting in Soweto on June 25-26 1955, triggered a paradigm shift in thinking about the democratic rights of black South Africans and their protection under the law.
Throwing a safety net over one’s computer, mobile handset or tablet is a necessity because of the threat of viruses and infections through removable devices.
The misguided belief that banks create money out of nothing has generated public anger with organisations and individuals calling for an overhaul of the system and an end to money creation by banks.
King Crickets, or Parktown Prawns as they’re more commonly known in South Africa, have been terrifying Johannesburg residents for many years.
What if instead of dismissing wrong answers as a sign of failure, maths teachers tried to understand how their pupils came to that answer and then guided them in the right direction?
The ICC has not lived up to its noble intentions of making the world more just. Its failure echoes that of the 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact, which set out to banish wars and to settle disputes peacefully.
The health care needs of older people tend to be marginalised because South Africa’s health policy is focused on children, youth and maternal care.
The decline in child marriages in Ethiopia is due to its rapidly changing social and economic environment.
Oscar Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide for what was deemed a tragic accident. In light of that verdict, he has not been subject to any special treatment in terms of his sentence.
Agriculture, which employs about 80% of the working population, and political stability are key to Mozambique’s rapid economic and social progress.
Drawing on models that have proved hugely successful in major cities around the world, Wits University is creating a large and ambitious Digital Innovation Zone.